Eddy Arnold's 1966 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

• June 1965 – Eddy records "Make The World Go Away" in Nashville.

• October 1966 – Eddy joins the Country Music Hall of Fame.

• October 1967 – He wins the CMA's first Entertainer of the Year honor.

• April 1968 – Eddy records "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" and begins a seven-week run as the host of NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall."

• February 1970 – Eddy is presented an award in New York recognizing 60 million record sales.

• August 1971 – Eddy's son, Dickey, suffers an automobile accident in Alabama and spends nine weeks in a coma.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Eddy Arnold.

• May 1984 – Eddy accepts the Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award.

• March 1990 – Eddy has double-bypass heart surgery.

• May 1999 – Eddy performs his final concert in Las Vegas.

• December 2000 – Eddy receives the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton.

• March 2008 – Eddy breaks his hip when he falls on his driveway. Sally dies nine days later.

• May 8, 2008 – Eddy dies in a Nashville care facility.

• May 12, 2008 – RCA Nashville was planning to release a special single to radio to mark what would have been Eddy's 90th birthday (on Thursday, May 15th). That song, "To Life," will be released as planned, in the spirit that it was originally intended -- to celebrate the life and career of the man that Billboard ranks as the No. 1 Country Artist of All Time.