Singer-songwriter William “Bill” Dees, co-writer with Roy
Orbison of such global hits as “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “It’s Over,” died
Wednesday night at a nursing facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was 73.
A resident of Forsyth, Missouri, near Branson, the
entertainment was diagnosed this summer with an inoperable brain tumor.
Though best known for his work with Orbison, Dees wrote
songs that were recorded by such other famed performers as Johnny Cash, Loretta
Lynn and Glen Campbell.
Born in Borger, Texas on January 24, 1939, he had lived
for the last three decades in the Arkansas and Missouri Ozarks.
DEES, Bill (William Dees)
Born: 1/24/1939, Borger, Texas, U.S.A.
Died: 10/24/2012, Mountain Home, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Bill Dees’ western – soundtrack:
The Fastest Guitar Alive - 1967
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