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Country singer Dottie West died Wednesday morning of injuries suffered in a car wreck last week on the way to performing at the Grand Ole Opry, a hospital spokeswoman said.
On September 4, 1991, during her third operation, West died on the operating table at 9:43 a.m., at the age of 58. This cross marks the spot where Country music female vocalist Dottie West was in her fatal car accident on the way to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry.
While in the midst of planning a career comeback, West was killed in a car accident in 1991. Following her death, her life was made into a television movie and she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Dorothy Marie Marsh was born in Frog Pond, Tennessee, a community roughly 64 miles (103 km) northeast of Nashville in Macon County.
Dottie died at the age of 58, leaving a precious memory and unforgettable Dottie West songs to all of her fans and colleagues in the music industry. Up to this day, we all still long for her beautiful voice and timeless stage performance.
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.
1991 - Country music singer Dottie West died during surgery on her ruptured liver. West, 58, was badly injured in a car accident on August 30. She had been in surgery for one-and-a-half...
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 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center today of...