Earl Scruggs dies in Nashville at age 88
Earl Scruggs, the most influential banjo player in the history of bluegrass music, died Wednesday morning at a Nashville hospital at age 88.
EARL Scruggs, the Grammy Award-winning musician whose innovative bluegrass banjo work was heard in the theme music to the television sitcom ``The Beverly Hillbillies'' and the movie ``Bonnie and Clyde,'' died March 28 at a hospital in Nashville.