Yes it did- and its musical eulogy was performed by the great Merle Haggard and preserved for all time by Glen Campbell.
The beginning of the tearing down of the genre and the roots was the attempt to demolish the Grand Old Opry’s Ryman Auditorium... for which the one and only John Hartford, dead now for 15 years— began a “save the Opry” project... which preserved it.. starting with this song: “They’re Gonna Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FFyyJz8wc
Finally- friend Larry Cordle wrote, to describe the crap that is still nashvegas/lost angels fake, with “Murder on Music Row” (Hank wouldn’t have a chance.... They’d even tell The Possum to pack up and go back home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03AUqXUQDrc
Great song and you have to love that cover. Cordle has written/recorded many great tunes.