Dennis Linde Dies
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Tenn. – Songwriter Dennis Linde, who wrote Elvis Presley's last major hit, "Burning Love," has died. He was 63.
Linde died Friday of a rare lung disease, his daughter Lisa Marsden said Saturday.
"Burning Love" was a hit for Presley in 1972. He also wrote "Goodbye Earl," a hit by the Dixie Chicks in 1999 and "Callin' Baton Rouge," a Garth Brooks hit in 1993.
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His other songs included "It Sure Is Monday" recorded by
Mark Chesnutt, "Janie Baker's Love Slave" by Shenandoah, "John Deere Green" by
Joe Diffie and "Queen of My Double Wide Trailer" by
Sammy Kershaw.He was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001 and selected as BMI's Songwriter of the Year in 1994.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete, but the family said they planned a music celebration of Linde's life after New Year's.
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