Patsy Cline songwriter Hank Cochran dies aged 74
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10659215
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Songwriter Hank Cochran, who penned hits for country singers including Patsy Cline and Eddy Arnold, has died aged 74 at his home near Nashville.
His family said he died of pancreatic cancer. Friends including Bill Ray Cyrus visited the house the night before his death and sang with Cochran.
He wrote US hits including Cline's I Fall to Pieces as well as George Strait's Ocean Front Property.
Cochran also enjoyed solo singing success in the 1960s.
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1974
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His family said he died of pancreatic cancer. Friends including Bill Ray Cyrus visited the house the night before his death and sang with Cochran.
He wrote US hits including Cline's I Fall to Pieces as well as George Strait's Ocean Front Property.
Cochran also enjoyed solo singing success in the 1960s.
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1974
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