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- Roger Miller avoided jail by enlisting in the U.S. Army after stealing a guitar in Amarillo.
- During the Korean War, he served in 1952, hid under a jeep, and met future songwriting partner Bill Anderson.
- Miller and Anderson co-wrote the Top 10 hit “When Two Worlds Collide.”
- Miller earned 11 Grammy Awards and 18 nominations in 1965-1966 and died of lung cancer in October 1992 at 56.
