# Country singer Sammi Smith dead at 61

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-singer-sammi-smith-dead-at-61/290583 "2005-02-17T18:57:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-singer-sammi-smith-dead-at-61/290583/1 "2005-02-17T18:57:45Z")

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[CNN link](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/17/obit.smith.ap/index.html).

She was most famous for her recording of Kristopherson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night.”