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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Death_of_Hank_WilliamsDeath of Hank Williams - Wikipedia

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   Cause. Insufficiency of the right ventricle of the heart. Burial. January 4, 1953, at Oakwood Annex Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama. Inquest. January 1, 1953, in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Coroner. Ivan Malinin. Hiram "Hank" Williams died on January 1, 1953, at the age of 29.

2. nypost.com › 2016/03/20 › how-did-country-music-starHow did country music star Hank Williams really die?

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   Mar 20, 2016 · Officials listed his cause of death as heart failure but noted that body contusions meant he had recently been in a fight.

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4. www.biography.com › musicians › hank-williamsHank Williams - Tragic Country Star - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Hank Williams was a country music legend who died of a heart attack at 29 in 1953. Learn about his life, career, marriages, health problems and how his death boosted his fame.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hank_WilliamsHank Williams - Wikipedia

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   Years of back pain, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse severely compromised Williams' health, and at the age of 29, Williams suffered from heart failure and died unexpectedly in the back seat of a car near Oak Hill, West Virginia, en route to a concert in Canton, Ohio, on New Year's Day 1953.

6. americansongwriter.com › behind-hank-williamsBehind Hank Williams’ Death on New Year’s Day 1953

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   Jul 24, 2023 · Hank Williams, a country music legend, died on New Year's Day 1953 at age 29. He was traveling to a concert in Ohio, but his driver found him dead in the car after a long journey. He had taken morphine, chloral hydrate and alcohol, and had been beaten and kicked recently.

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   How did Hank Williams die?

   • The circumstances of Williams's death are still controversial. The result of the original autopsy indicated that Williams died of a heart attack. Author Colin Escott concluded in his book Hank Williams: The Biography that the cause of death was heart failure caused by the combination of alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate.

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   Did Williams have alcohol in his blood when he died?

   • A rudimentary autopsy found Williams had traces of alcohol in his blood when he died, but it found no drugs, although it's unclear if pathologists tested for them. Carr remembers Williams being in good spirits as the trip began. They told jokes, sang songs and traded tales as they navigated the two-lane highways of the pre-interstate South.

   Hank Williams' last ride: Driver recalls lonesome end

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   Did Hank Williams have a son?

   • His son, Hank Williams, Jr., a successful country performer in his own right (like Williams’s grandson, Hank Williams III), sang Williams’s songs in the film biography Your Cheatin’ Heart (1964).

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   Who was Hank Williams?

   • Long before there was Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain --- self-destructive stars who flamed out at their zenith --- there was Hiram " Hank " Williams, a hard-drinking, rough-around-the-edges Alabama country boy who wrote simple, heart-tugging songs about loneliness and then, still young, died alone in the back seat of his car.

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8. www.ajc.com › entertainment › hank-williams-lastHank Williams' last ride: Driver recalls lonesome end

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   Jul 2, 2013 · Theories abound. Some biographies have speculated that Williams died at a Knoxville hotel and that porters unwittingly placed his corpse in his car for the trip north. Still others have him...

9. www.britannica.com › biography › Hank-WilliamsHanks Williams | Biography, Songs, Death, & Children

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   Apr 16, 2024 · September 17, 1923, Georgiana, Alabama, U.S. Died: January 1, 1953, Oak Hill, West Virginia (aged 29) Awards And Honors: Grammy Award. Pulitzer Prize. Grammy Award (1989) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1987) (Show more) Notable Family Members: son Hank Williams, Jr.