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Jim McBride, an Alabama Music Hall of Famer and songwriter behind several country music hits, has died at the age of 78.

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A country music star and icon, Jim McBride, has died at the age of 78.

McBride, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, died on Jan. 6. He was 78. McBride was best known for a pair of hits — “Chattahoochee” and “Chasing that Neon Rainbow” — that he wrote for ...