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Fact #37905

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Country music songwriter Arthur Q. Smith dies aged 53, having been diagnosed with cancer a year earlier, in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. His best-remembered songs include I Overlooked an Orchid, While Looking for a Rose, I Wouldn't Change You If I Could, Rainbow at Midnight and If Teardrops Were Pennies.