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Sep 4, 1991 · Country singer Dottie West, who won the first Grammy for a female vocalist, died in 1991 after a car accident on the way to the Grand Ole Opry. She was 58 years old and had financial troubles and health problems.
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Sep 1, 1991 · Sept. 1, 1991 12 AM PT. Associated Press. NASHVILLE — Country music singer Dottie West suffered a ruptured liver and possible broken neck in a car accident at the Opryland USA theme park,...
A second car accident a month later would take her life. On August 30, 1991, West was running late for a scheduled performance at the Grand Ole Opry. While driving herself to the venue, West's vehicle stalled.
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Dorothy Marie Marsh was born on Oct. 11, 1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee. By the 1950s, she was studying music at Tennessee Tech where she met her first husband, steel guitarist Bill West. During a stint in Cleveland, Ohio, West began her recording career with Starday as part of the duo the Kay-Dots with Kathy Dee. The West family would eventually m...
Later in 1963, Jim Reeves cut West composition "Is This Me," which opened the door for her first big label contract with RCA Victor. West and Reeves later cut the popular duet "Love is No Excuse." West proved herself to be as strong a duet partner as peers Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette through her work with Reeves, Don Gibson ("Rings of Gold") and...
West changed with the times in the '70s and '80s, performing pop-friendly material as a solo artist ("Country Sunshine," "A Lesson in Leavin'," "Are You Happy Baby") and as part of a timeless vocal duo with Kenny Rogers ("Every Time Two Fools Collide," "What Are We Doin' in Love," "All I Ever Need is You"). Many of West's pop-friendly country hits ...
As West's career approached the '90s, a changing business and bad investments found her in dire financial straits. Still, she had her sights on a comeback in 1991, around the time a car accident took her life. On August 30, 1991, West's car stalled en route to an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. West's 81-year-old neighbor George Thackston spotted...
Sep 5, 1991 · By Associated Press. September 4, 1991 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. NASHVILLE, SEPT. 4 -- Dottie West, 58, who won country music's first Grammy for a female vocalist in 1964 for "Here Comes My Baby," died...
Sep 4, 1991 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country singer Dottie West died Wednesday during surgery to stop internal bleeding suffered in a car wreck last week, hospital officials said. She was 58. West's liver...
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Aug 30, 2016 · On Aug. 30, 2016, Jeannie Seely placed a memorial cross at the site of the crash that killed Dottie West in 1991. West was a country music legend with 15 Top 10 hits and two duets with Kenny Rogers.
