Chronicle: Academy of Country Music (ACM) SVP/Creative & Content Lisa Lee passed Saturday (8/21) after a battle with brain cancer. She was 52. In addition to overseeing design, content creation, program books and member magazine Tempo, she produced the Academy's annual industry-focused awards show ACM Honors. She also created and wrote the 2014 coffee table book This Is Country: A Backstage Pass To The Academy Of Country Music Awards. Prior to her 15 years with the Academy, the Arkansas native's stops included CMT, Jim Owens & Associates (TNN Country News) and KTAL-TV/Shreveport. She is survived by her parents, Charlie and Faye Young, husband Doug Lee, daughter Grayson and son Jackson.

"The Academy has lost a huge part of its heart and soul," says CEO Damon Whiteside. "She was a champion for country music and fiercely dedicated to the Academy’s mission ...  ACM Honors was her favorite event, and I know she will be singing along and smiling down on us from above on Wednesday night." Visitation will be 5-8pm Friday (8/27) at Moore's Funeral Home, 700 North Second Street, Cabot, AR, followed by a memorial service Saturday. A celebration of life will be held in Nashville at a later date; for details and/or to contribute to her memorial fund, click here.

Morris Public Relations co-owner Norma Morris passed away Aug. 20 following a battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. She was 82. A longtime publicist, Morris worked with artists including Exile, Ralph Stanley and Steve Wariner during her tenure. Her husband, Ed Morris, who previously served as a writer and editor for Billboard and CMT, penned a book about the couple’s love story and his time as her caregiver; Stardust: An Alzheimer’s Love Story is available here. Morris is also survived by her daughter, Erin Morris Huttlinger, who owns Morris PR. Service information is currently unknown.

As reported late Friday (Chronicle 8/20), Country Music Hall of Famer Tom T. Hall passed away at the age of 85 at his home in Franklin, TN. The family intends to hold a private funeral with a public celebration of life at a later date.

And as reported late Saturday (Chronicle 8/21), Don Everly, half of the Country Music Hall of Fame duo The Everly Brothers, passed away at his home in Nashville at the age of 84. Service details are unknown.

Look for rembrances of Hall and Everly in tonight’s (8/23) Country Aircheck Weekly.