No. 1 in the 1980s. (heart attack) May 1 – Jim Hager, 66, country singer and actor who along with his twin brother Jon were regulars on Hee Haw from 1969 to 1986. (heart attack) May 5 – Jerry Wallace, 79, crossover artist who scored several country hits during the 1970s including the No. 1 "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" in 1972. (congestive heart failure) May 8 – Eddy Arnold, 89, country and pop singer whose career spanned seven decades. (natural causes) May 11 – Dottie Rambo, 74, southern gospel singer-songwriter. (bus accident) July 16 – Jo Stafford, 90, crossover artist from the 1940s with hits "Feudin’ and Fightin" and "Temptation". (congestive heart failure) August 11 – Don Helms, 81, steel guitarist and member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys. (heart attack) August 31 – Jerry Reed, 71, country singer and actor best known for his 1971 crossover hit "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (emphysema) September 12 – Charlie Walker, 81, honky tonk singer best known for "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" (colon cancer) December 24 – Alf Robertson, 67, Swedish country musician. Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Bill Clifton Charles Wolfe Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Tom T. Hall (1936-2021), singer and songwriter, known as "The Storyteller" Emmylou Harris (born 1947), neo-traditional singer and songwriter The Statler Brothers (Harold Reid (1939–2020), Don Reid (born 1945), Phil Balsley (born 1939), Lew DeWitt (1938–1990), Jimmy Fortune (born 1955)), diverse country music group known for pop-styled, nostalgic and gospel songs. Ernest "Pop" Stoneman (1893–1968), singer, songwriter, and musician, patriarch of the family group The Stonemans Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Prairie Oyster Brian Ferriman Wes Montgomery Major awards Grammy Awards (presented February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles) Best Female Country Vocal Performance – "Last Name", Carrie Underwood Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Letter to Me", Brad Paisley Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "Stay", Sugarland Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Killing the Blues", Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Best Country Instrumental Performance – "Cluster Pluck", Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, and Steve Wariner Best Country Song – "Stay", Jennifer Nettles Best Country Album – Troubadour, George Strait Best Bluegrass Album – Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky