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  3. Sep. 24, 1990: Died:Ben Smathers
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  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990               
  7. Sep. 24, 1990  Under The Gun                         
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. MILESTONES, Page 97
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  14. <body>
  15. <p>     DIED. Ben Smathers, 61, virtuoso folk dancer who brought the
  16. Appalachian art of clog dancing from the Grand Ole Opry to
  17. Carnegie Hall; of complications following open-heart surgery;
  18. in Nashville. Smathers' eight-member ensemble, the Stoney
  19. Mountain Cloggers, often performed with the Charlie Daniels
  20. Band, dancing to the Orange Blossom Special and other
  21. hyperkinetic fiddle tunes.
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  25. </article>
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