Equal parts genius and screwball, Roger Miller was one of the finest songwriters and most colorful characters to ever walk Nashville streets. (Or ride a motor scooter down them: In 1961, Miller, who reportedly had 30 unpaid parking tickets at the time, told The Tennessean that he purchased said scooter to “escape the meter maids.”)
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- On this day November 03, 2008After being diagnosed with lung Cancer in May of 2008, Merle Haggard had surgery to remove part of the upper lobe of his right lung that had a lemon-size tumor growing on it.