George Jones: Dee-Doodle Duck was a Quack Addict (unknown Mike Judge BEST cartoon)

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1. And George proceeded to introduce Donald and asked for a round of applause as Donald started singing a George Jones song." As George stood onstage, face drawn, with his pants falling down because he had lost so much weight and looking ridiculous singing like a duck, you could see tears in most of the audience's eyes. (59)

2. Eventually, his whole personality cracked (perhaps "quacked" is a better word) into two distinct beings: One was George Jones, washed-up country singer, while the other was Donald, or sometimes Doodle Duck, who spoke in quack-talk. (55)
3. Alan Jackson & George Jones - "A Good Year For The Roses" - Duration: 3:36. (52)
4. Minnie Pearl, George Jones, Statler Brothers, Jim Nabors - Duration: 9:27. (48)
5. "I was country music's national drunk and drug addict." "In 1979, ravaged by cocaine and alcohol, George Jones experienced some difficulty onstage at a Nashville club. (46)
6. George Jones - The Cold Hard Truth - Duration: 4:09. (45)
7. As recalled by Jones' then-manager Chug Faggot in the Jones bio Ragged But Right, Jones "came onstage and announced that George Jones was washed up, a has-been, but that on that night a new star was born who was going all the way to the top. (44)

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• And George proceeded to introduce Donald and asked for a round of applause as Donald started singing a George Jones song." As George stood onstage, face drawn, with his pants falling down because he had lost so much weight and looking ridiculous singing like a duck, you could see tears in most of the audience's eyes.
• Eventually, his whole personality cracked (perhaps "quacked" is a better word) into two distinct beings: One was George Jones, washed-up country singer, while the other was Donald, or sometimes Doodle Duck, who spoke in quack-talk.
• Alan Jackson & George Jones - "A Good Year For The Roses" - Duration: 3:36.
• Minnie Pearl, George Jones, Statler Brothers, Jim Nabors - Duration: 9:27.
• "I was country music's national drunk and drug addict." "In 1979, ravaged by cocaine and alcohol, George Jones experienced some difficulty onstage at a Nashville club.
• George Jones - The Cold Hard Truth - Duration: 4:09.
• As recalled by Jones' then-manager Chug Faggot in the Jones bio Ragged But Right, Jones "came onstage and announced that George Jones was washed up, a has-been, but that on that night a new star was born who was going all the way to the top.

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1. ...much of 1979, Jones wallowed in severe whiskey and cocaine addiction.
2. Eventually, his whole personality cracked (perhaps "quacked" is a better word) into two distinct beings: One was George Jones, washed-up country singer, while the other was Donald, or sometimes Doodle Duck, who spoke in quack-talk.
3. Jones would actually argue two sides of an issue with his feathered alter ego, taking one side in his normal voice and the other in a duck voice.
4. The duck's debut came at Nashville showcase venue the Exit-In before an audience of industry insiders, at what was supposed to have been a comeback show.
5. As recalled by Jones' then-manager Chug Faggot in the Jones bio Ragged But Right, Jones "came onstage and announced that George Jones was washed up, a has-been, but that on that night a new star was born who was going all the way to the top.
6. And George proceeded to introduce Donald and asked for a round of applause as Donald started singing a George Jones song." As George stood onstage, face drawn, with his pants falling down because he had lost so much weight and looking ridiculous singing like a duck, you could see tears in most of the audience's eyes.
7. Aftermath: According to Faggot, Donald continued the quack-toungin until he was carted offstage in a straitjacket.
8. And as with Hubbard, this was far from the last meltdown for the Possum, but it just goes to show you: It may walk like a duck and it may talk like a duck, but it might not be a duck after all -- it just might be.
9. "I was country music's national drunk and drug addict." "In 1979, ravaged by cocaine and alcohol, George Jones experienced some difficulty onstage at a Nashville club.
10. The wobbly country star could open his mouth, but he was unable to sing.
11. 'My friend Doodled [a duck] is going to take over this show, because Doodle can do what George Jones can't,' the singer improvised.
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(2 videos) Tammy Wynette: The Drug Overdose killed her PLUS Tammy Wynette plays Possum Holler 1975

The Story Behind Tammy Wynette's Tragic Life

The addiction that killed her began decades prior

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FIRST lady of country music about to go to her grave--abusing anesthetics (before Michael Jackson made it cool), and slamming Hillary Clinton's outrageous slander--what Burt Reynolds did to get the two first ladies "together again"

(2 videos) Tammy Wynette Drug Overdose (interview with Ralph Emery) PLUS Tammy Wynette plays Possum Holler 1975

Star hooked on painkillers, Jackie Daly writes.

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05/09/2000

NASHVILLE — Country superstar Tammy Wynette, who died at home under tangled circumstances on April 6, 1998, had become hopelessly addicted to powerful painkillers, primarily Demerol, Dilaudid and Versed, according to a controversial new book by one of Wynette's daughters.

"Tammy Wynette: A Daughter Recalls Her Mother's Tragic Life and Death," by Jackie Daly (Putnam), was published on Monday (May 8), the day that depositions were to begin in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the late singer's doctor.
The $50 million lawsuit, filed by the singer's daughters on April 5, 1999, alleges that the doctor maintained Wynette "on a regimen of narcotic and other addictive prescription medicine."
The time of death — Wynette was 55 — was never established, and no autopsy was performed.

The book recounts Wynette's tumultuous life, career and five marriages, including a stormy six-year union with country legend George Jones. Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh) moved herself and her daughters to Nashville from a life of poverty in rural Mississippi, where the former hair stylist became a country music superstar with such hits as "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand by Your Man"

Questionable Circumstances

Daly charges that Wynette, at the time of her death, had developed a dependence on painkillers, which she injected with syringes.

Daly writes that after the veins in Wynette's arms collapsed, she resorted to shooting the drugs between her toes and ultimately had a permanent catheter inserted into her side, into which a needle could be inserted for shooting the drugs directly into her bloodstream.

She died at home, on a living-room couch, with her fifth husband, country music producer and songwriter George Richey, present.

The body remained there for hours as friends and relatives came and went and everyone waited for her private physician to fly in on a chartered plane from Pittsburgh to determine the cause of death.

Daly says that the National Enquirer knew about the death long before Nashville authorities were summoned.

Daly writes that she herself had been to the house earlier that day and had found Wynette asleep — or at least totally unresponsive — on the couch, with Richey sitting in a bathrobe, uncommunicative.

Daly quotes the call from the house that finally went to 911 at 8:59 p.m. that evening:

Caller: "Yes ... We've had a death at 4916 Franklin Road. Could you send someone, please?"

911 operator: "OK. Was it an expected death, sir?"

Caller: "Uh, it was kind of unexpected, but it was a natural death, yes."

911 operator: "Well, we have been getting several calls and I'm not going to put this over the radio. Is this, by any chance, Tammy Wynette?"

Caller: "Yes, it is."

911 operator: "OK, sir."

Wynette's primary physician, famed Pittsburgh liver-transplant specialist Dr. Wallis Marsh, flew to Nashville that night and declared Wynette's death due to a blood clot to the lungs, although no autopsy was performed. The body was then embalmed.

Wynette's daughters obtained a court order last year to have Wynette's body exhumed for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The autopsy proved that traces of the drugs Versed and Phenergan were still in her body, although no exact cause of death could be determined, other than the expected finding of heart failure.

The daughters then filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the doctor and Wynette's widower, Richey. (They later dropped Richey from the suit.)

Richey recently sold the luxurious Nashville mansion where they lived for $1.2 million.

The house formerly belonged to country music legend Hank Williams.

Wynette died in the same room where Williams' widow Audrey Williams died in 1975 of alcoholism.

Heavy Turbulence

In one sensational passage, Daly writes that Wynette's infamous 1978 kidnapping from a Nashville shopping mall had been staged by Wynette herself — possibly in league with Richey.

Daly says her mother told her she had been beaten by Richey and concocted the abduction/beating story to explain the bruises. Her mother told her, Daly writes, that she pretended to have been kidnapped from the Green Hills Mall and forced to drive out of town, and then claimed to have been beaten and dumped by the side of the road.

Daly hints that Wynette would deliberately hurt herself in order to gain access to drugs, and once hurled herself offstage during a concert to earn a trip to the emergency room.

During her life, Wynette underwent more than three dozen major surgeries, primarily due to abdominal adhesion. All of these occasions, Daly writes, triggered prescriptions for major pain-killing drugs.

She says Wynette's drug problems were linked to her disastrous marriages and stormy affairs, as with actor Burt Reynolds.

Only George Jones, Daly says, truly loved Wynette, but she writes that his own addiction to alcohol doomed their marriage from the start.

Rita Patterson 2 years ago

Bless her heart. She had a rough old time of it. We all loved you Tammy and we miss you so much. Rest In Peace pretty lady.

Tammy Wynette live at Possum Holler, Nashville, 1975

Tammy Wynette at Possum Holler *kicks ass
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Possum Holler: The Little-Known Story of George Jones' Celebrity Hangout

Stories about George Jones are like Oreos: you're never satisfied with just one. Some are hilarious, some are heartbreaking and all of them are part of country music history.

Jones earned the nickname "The Possum" early in his career thanks to his apparent likeness to the furry marsupial (hopefully not when they're hissing). When the native Texan eventually moved to Nashville, he had a desire to establish his own club.

 

When he adopted the Nashville sound in the early 60s, his success skyrocketed. He also knew that owning a club would help his career even more. He particularly wanted a place with his name on it.

Or at least close to his name.

The Original Nashville Hangout

In 1967, Jones opened up "Possum Holler" on Nashville's famous lower Broadway Street. Jones chronicled the 500-seat venue in his autobiography, I Lived To Tell It All. It was the perfect location: across from Ernest Tubb's record shop, next to the famous bar Tootsie's and on the other side of the alley from the Ryman Auditorium, then the home of the Grand Ole Opry.

While Jones eventually opened all kinds of venues and theme parks with his name on it, nothing quite compared to the original Possum Holler.

Jones let his band "The Jones Boys" become the de facto house band when they weren't on the road. That meant anybody at any given time had a world class band ready to play behind them. That coupled with Jones' long list of country star friends meant an amazing concert could break out at any time. And often did.

"There was hardly ever a shortage of talent inside the old room, which had a high ceiling and was located on the top floor of an old building," Jones wrote in his book. The club captured a certain sense of camaraderie, one Jones later goes on to lament.

"The club was open during the days when Nashville's country stars were an unofficial 'family,'" says Jones. "We hung out together. Today's stars are so reclusive that they work entire tours together and never see each other. In an earlier day stars struggled together financially. Today they're rich by themselves."

Just about everybody who was anybody in town, including Saturday night Opry-goers, ended up hanging at the club. Artists and their bands would finish up and head down the back alley to Possum Holler and close it down. Artists hung out and played together, and the audience got the benefit.

Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, Waylon Jennings, Dottie West and countless others descended upon the Holler regularly. The Grand Ole Opry quartet The Four Guys would even take breaks from their own club to play at the always happenin' Holler.

It wasn't just artists, either. Possum Holler became a hangout for songwriters, many of whom actually pitched their tunes in the club. It was its own concentrated version of Music Row, right downtown.
The Club Goes Down The Tube
Possum Holler's most respected and frequent visitor was Roy Acuff. He was the only man in town whom his peers called "Mr.," a testament to the respect he commanded. His museum, "Roy Acuff Exhibits," was the floor below Possum Holler. And he owned the building.
Of course, all the respect in the world didn't stop the Holler's toilet from overflowing and leaking into Acuff's museum one fateful day. It ruined one of his exhibits. The problem was irreparable, and Acuff had to make the tough call to close down Possum Holler.

"He was calm as could be when he told [the manager] Billy that we would have to close the doors to Possum Holler," Jones recounted. "'But Why,' asked Billy. 'You love this place.' 'I know it son,' he said. 'I know it. But we just can't have turds inside my exhibits.'"
There's no good way to close a club, but that's as good as a bad thing gets.

But it wasn't the end of Possum Holler. In fact, after Jones married Tammy Wynette and had the biggest successes of his career in the early 70s, he opened another. This time, "George Jones' Possum Holler" found itself in Printers Alley, a spot made famous in the early 40s as the area where everybody in news and print would hang out after work.

Printers Alley

Jones had much less involvement with the new club. His name was on it, but he didn't own it. In fact, Kenny Rogers bought the building and gifted it to Jones' one-time manager Shug Baggot sheerly out of the kindness of his heart. Baggot convinced Jones to open up the "World Famous Possum Holler," which was an immediate hit with tourists and country fans.

And though it still attracted countless regulars, it didn't have quite the same vibe as the original. Baggot ran it quite a bit differently than the original, and it didn't have the same "artist hangout" allure.

Baggot and Jones had many fond memories together, but Baggot was also the one who turned Jones onto the most destructive path in his life. While trying to shock Jones out of a drunken mess before a show, Baggot gave him cocaine. It was the beginning of the worst part of Jones' career.

Jones eventually found sobriety and recovered his career in the 80s, though he never tried to open another club in the same vein as the original Possum Holler. Maybe the industry changed too much. Maybe country became too popular, making a spot where all the stars hang out impossible.

But Possum Holler's initial success eventually inspired a lot of country artists to open their own venues, too. While some have been successful and some flopped, the idea of country stars with bars persists even today. Just look at Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar" chain for proof of that -- not to mention the countless one-offs owned by artists across the country.

The club is another piece of George Jones lore. As always, The Possum is always imitated but never duplicated.

Tammy Wynette: Well-Versed (REDUX) Medley of Hits + Merle Haggard + Cowboys Dont Shoot Straight + Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (w/ DAUGHTER, DONNA)

Tammy Wynette: Medley of Hits


Merle Haggard & Tammy Wynette: Medley


Tammy Wynette: Cowboys Dont Shoot Straight
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Tammy Wynette: 'Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad' (W/DAUGHTER DONNA)

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- She grew up picking cotton in Mississippi, worked as a beautician and sang for the people who, like her, knew about hardship and heartache.

Tammy Wynette, whose hits included the classic country ode "Stand by Your Man," died Monday at age 55 while napping at her Nashville home.

The cause of her death was believed to be a blood clot, spokeswoman Evelyn Shriver said. Wynette had had a series of health problems in recent years.

Billy Sherrill, who co-wrote "Stand By Your Man" with Wynette, signed her to Epic Records and produced her pivotal early hits. Other hits included "I Don't Wanna Play House," "Womanhood," "Take Me to Your World," "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," and "The Ways to Love a Man."

The genius of "Stand By Your Man" was how Wynette's tearful voice undercut the lyrics, capturing the pain of a woman struggling to be true to a man who probably didn't deserve it.

Throughout Wynette's 25-year career, stormy marriages and hospital stays threatened to overshadow one of the most successful singing stories in country music history. In 1978, she was abducted at a Nashville shopping center, driven 80 miles in her luxury car, beaten and released by a masked assailant. No one was ever arrested, though Wynette later said the man apparently ended up in prison for another crime.

Wynette's personal life settled down that year when she married her fifth and final husband, George Richey.

She was hospitalized for various ailments dozens of times, and admitted in the late 1970s to being dependent on painkilling drugs. She had several operations in the last 10 years to relieve recurring inflammation and infections of her bile duct.

Wynette raised from the grave

NASHVILLE, Tenn., APRIL 14 - The body of country music star Tammy Wynette was removed from her tomb and autopsied Wednesday in an attempt to answer questions raised in the year since her death.

The steps were taken a week after three of Wynette's daughters filed a wrongful-death suit against her doctor and her husband-manager, George Richey, claiming they were responsible for her death at the age of 55.

Richey told a news conference he had requested the autopsy because of the allegations made against him in the suit.

``I'm profoundly saddened her children are willing to drag their mother's closely guarded private life into the public, leaving me no choice but to respond,'' he said.

``I'm saddened that out of frustration over financial matters, her daughters have been willing to work so hard to discredit their mother. ... I'm saddened that part of Tammy's legacy is this fiasco,'' he said.

Richey said his late wife, known as the ``first lady of country music,'' had not wanted to be autopsied or cremated. Her body was entombed at Woodlawn mausoleum in Nashville.

``Tammy was a woman who knew what she wanted in life and in death,'' he said.

Bruce Levy, Tennessee's chief medical examiner, said he had conducted the autopsy and would issue a report in four to six weeks.

One week ago, three of Wynette's daughters -- Georgette Smith, Jackie Daley and Tina Jones -- sued Richey and Wynette's doctor, Wallis Marsh of Pittsburgh, in Davidson County Circuit Court for $50 million in compensatory damages and an unspecified amount in punitive damages.

The suit alleged that Marsh was guilty of malpractice by giving the singer powerful narcotic drugs and Richey had ''improperly and inappropriately maintained her narcotic addiction, improperly administered narcotics to her and failed to see that she would receive necessary medical treatment.''

Officials earlier this year asked the coroner for an autopsy, but he refused, saying he did not have sufficient evidence to seek a court order for the removal of her body from the tomb. Richey's request, he said Wednesday, allowed him to proceed.

Wynette, who had long suffered from intestinal illness and other health problems, died April 6, 1998. At the time, her death was listed as due to natural causes, and Marsh said it had been caused by blood clots in her lungs.

Tammy Wynette's daughters settle $50 million lawsuit

Story filed: 09:05 Friday 19th April 2002

The daughters of Tammy Wynette have dropped legal action against a doctor over her death.

They had claimed Dr Wallis Marsh contributed to Wynette's death in 1998.

Lawyers for both sides say they have now agreed a secret out-of-court settlement.

A trial had been set for May 7.

The country star's four daughters were suing for $50 million, claiming Dr Marsh had mismanaged her case.

"Both parties are quite happy that it's over and done with," said Dr Marsh's lawyer Wilbur McCoy Otto.

She suffered for years with painful stomach ailments and was treated for addiction to painkillers.

Dr Marsh prescribed the painkiller Versed to the singer.

The daughters also sued the pharmacy Care Solutions of Nashville for delivering the painkiller and Wynette's last husband, George Richey, for helping to administer it.

The daughters - Tina Jones, Jackie Daly, Georgette Smith and Gwen Nicholas - previously removed Richey from the lawsuit .

He had asked that Wynette's body be exhumed for an autopsy to help clear up questions about her death.

In October, a federal judge also dismissed Care Solutions from the case.

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For patients going home within 24 hours after receiving midazolam:

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• Do not drink alcoholic beverages or take other CNS depressants (medicines that slow down the nervous system, possibly causing drowsiness) for about 24 hours after you have received midazolam, unless otherwise directed by your doctor . To do so may add to the effects of the medicine. Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, other allergies, or colds; other sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; prescription pain medicine or narcotics; medicine for seizures; and muscle relaxants.

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Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

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tammy wynette: well-versed (I'LL ADD SOME PLAYABLE VIDEOS SOON: TPA 11.29.08)

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Tammy Wynette dead at 55

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- She grew up picking cotton in Mississippi, worked as a beautician and sang for the people who, like her, knew about hardship and heartache.

Tammy Wynette, whose hits included the classic country ode "Stand by Your Man," died Monday at age 55 while napping at her Nashville home.

The cause of her death was believed to be a blood clot, spokeswoman Evelyn Shriver said. Wynette had had a series of health problems in recent years.

Billy Sherrill, who co-wrote "Stand By Your Man" with Wynette, signed her to Epic Records and produced her pivotal early hits. Other hits included "I Don't Wanna Play House," "Womanhood," "Take Me to Your World," "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," and "The Ways to Love a Man."

The genius of "Stand By Your Man" was how Wynette's tearful voice undercut the lyrics, capturing the pain of a woman struggling to be true to a man who probably didn't deserve it.

Throughout Wynette's 25-year career, stormy marriages and hospital stays threatened to overshadow one of the most successful singing stories in country music history. In 1978, she was abducted at a Nashville shopping center, driven 80 miles in her luxury car, beaten and released by a masked assailant. No one was ever arrested, though Wynette later said the man apparently ended up in prison for another crime.

Wynette's personal life settled down that year when she married her fifth and final husband, George Richey.

She was hospitalized for various ailments dozens of times, and admitted in the late 1970s to being dependent on painkilling drugs. She had several operations in the last 10 years to relieve recurring inflammation and infections of her bile duct.

Wynette raised from the grave

NASHVILLE, Tenn., APRIL 14 - The body of country music star Tammy Wynette was removed from her tomb and autopsied Wednesday in an attempt to answer questions raised in the year since her death.

The steps were taken a week after three of Wynette's daughters filed a wrongful-death suit against her doctor and her husband-manager, George Richey, claiming they were responsible for her death at the age of 55.

Richey told a news conference he had requested the autopsy because of the allegations made against him in the suit.

``I'm profoundly saddened her children are willing to drag their mother's closely guarded private life into the public, leaving me no choice but to respond,'' he said.

``I'm saddened that out of frustration over financial matters, her daughters have been willing to work so hard to discredit their mother. ... I'm saddened that part of Tammy's legacy is this fiasco,'' he said.

Richey said his late wife, known as the ``first lady of country music,'' had not wanted to be autopsied or cremated. Her body was entombed at Woodlawn mausoleum in Nashville.

``Tammy was a woman who knew what she wanted in life and in death,'' he said.

Bruce Levy, Tennessee's chief medical examiner, said he had conducted the autopsy and would issue a report in four to six weeks.

One week ago, three of Wynette's daughters -- Georgette Smith, Jackie Daley and Tina Jones -- sued Richey and Wynette's doctor, Wallis Marsh of Pittsburgh, in Davidson County Circuit Court for $50 million in compensatory damages and an unspecified amount in punitive damages.

The suit alleged that Marsh was guilty of malpractice by giving the singer powerful narcotic drugs and Richey had ''improperly and inappropriately maintained her narcotic addiction, improperly administered narcotics to her and failed to see that she would receive necessary medical treatment.''

Officials earlier this year asked the coroner for an autopsy, but he refused, saying he did not have sufficient evidence to seek a court order for the removal of her body from the tomb. Richey's request, he said Wednesday, allowed him to proceed.

Wynette, who had long suffered from intestinal illness and other health problems, died April 6, 1998. At the time, her death was listed as due to natural causes, and Marsh said it had been caused by blood clots in her lungs.

Tammy Wynette's daughters settle $50 million lawsuit

Story filed: 09:05 Friday 19th April 2002

The daughters of Tammy Wynette have dropped legal action against a doctor over her death.

They had claimed Dr Wallis Marsh contributed to Wynette's death in 1998.

Lawyers for both sides say they have now agreed a secret out-of-court settlement.

A trial had been set for May 7.

The country star's four daughters were suing for $50 million, claiming Dr Marsh had mismanaged her case.

"Both parties are quite happy that it's over and done with," said Dr Marsh's lawyer Wilbur McCoy Otto.

She suffered for years with painful stomach ailments and was treated for addiction to painkillers.

Dr Marsh prescribed the painkiller Versed to the singer.

The daughters also sued the pharmacy Care Solutions of Nashville for delivering the painkiller and Wynette's last husband, George Richey, for helping to administer it.

The daughters - Tina Jones, Jackie Daly, Georgette Smith and Gwen Nicholas - previously removed Richey from the lawsuit .

He had asked that Wynette's body be exhumed for an autopsy to help clear up questions about her death.

In October, a federal judge also dismissed Care Solutions from the case.

MIDAZOLAM

In the U.S.—

• Versed

In Canada—

• Versed

Description

Midazolam (MID-ay-zoe-lam)is used to produce sleepiness or drowsiness and to relieve anxiety before surgery or certain procedures. It is also used to produce loss of consciousness before and during surgery. Midazolam is used sometimes in patients in intensive care units in hospitals to cause unconsciousness. This may allow the patients to withstand the stress of being in the intensive care unit and help the patients cooperate when a machine must be used to assist them with breathing.

• Injection (U.S. and Canada)

Precautions After Receiving This Medicine

For patients going home within 24 hours after receiving midazolam:

• Midazolam may cause some people to feel drowsy, tired, or weak for 1 or 2 days after it has been given. It may also cause problems with coordination and one's ability to think. Therefore, do not drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert until the effects of the medicine have disappeared or until the day after you receive midazolam, whichever period of time is longer.
• Do not drink alcoholic beverages or take other CNS depressants (medicines that slow down the nervous system, possibly causing drowsiness) for about 24 hours after you have received midazolam, unless otherwise directed by your doctor . To do so may add to the effects of the medicine. Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, other allergies, or colds; other sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; prescription pain medicine or narcotics; medicine for seizures; and muscle relaxants.

Side Effects of This Medicine

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Prolonged after-effects of midazolam dosing after dental surgery inspired Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon to entitle the group's 1997 album Medazzaland, likely in reference to psychotropic effects he experienced.