Conway Twitty was born on September 01, 1933
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According to wikipedia, the most popular version of this song written by Tim Hardin was sung by Johnny Cash and June Carter. Wikipedia lists over 60 artists who have recorded it.
In the forties and fifties tubercolosis bacteria (TB) was an endemic disease. When Steve Conway died in 1952 it was reported in the press and on radio that he had succumbed to TB.
The gangster Rocky said it in the Sylvester and Twitty episode when he and his flunky Nick kidnapped Twitty.
Nicholas "Nick" Conway is an English actor