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Songwriter Dies At 66

Perhaps best known, in the country realm, for penning Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," as well as writing and producing recent songs for the Old Dogs -- Jerry Reed, Bobby Bare, Mel Tillis and Waylon Jennings, author/cartoonist Shel Silverstein passed away at the age of 66 at his Key West, Fla., home.

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