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- DIED. Ben Smathers, 61, virtuoso folk dancer who brought the
- Appalachian art of clog dancing from the Grand Ole Opry to
- Carnegie Hall; of complications following open-heart surgery;
- in Nashville. Smathers' eight-member ensemble, the Stoney
- Mountain Cloggers, often performed with the Charlie Daniels
- Band, dancing to the Orange Blossom Special and other
- hyperkinetic fiddle tunes.
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