Don Schlitz, storied country songwriter behind such hits as 'The Gambler,' dies at 73
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FILE - Kenny Rogers, left, presents the ASCAP Creative Achievement Award to songwriter Don Schlitz at the ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)FILE - Don Schlitz performs at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala in New York on June 14, 2012. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)FILE - Songwriter Don Schlitz speaks at a news conference announcing him as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, Tenn., on April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)FILE - Songwriter Don Schlitz appears at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductions in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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FILE - Kenny Rogers, left, presents the ASCAP Creative Achievement Award to songwriter Don Schlitz at the ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)