Beecher Ray Kirby, a Grand Ole Opry fixture known as Bashful Brother Oswald, died Thursday Oct. 17 at his home in Nashville, Tenn.; he had been ill for some time after a bout with cancer.

2002 - Renowned dobro player Bashful Brother Oswald dies in Nashville after a lengthy illness. He is 90. Although only a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1995, Oswald played on the Opry stage for… ...