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Hiram "Hank" Williams died on January 1, 1953, at the age of 29. Williams was an American singer-songwriter and musician regarded as one of the most significant country music artists of all time.
Mar 20, 2016 · The new biopic “I Saw the Light,” in theaters Friday, traces country legend Hank Williams’ struggles with alcohol, infidelity — and the weight of being one of the biggest music...
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · He died of a heart attack at the age of 29 in 1953 in the backseat of his Cadillac. Early Years. Widely considered country music's first superstar, Hiram "Hank" Williams was...
Jun 28, 2024 · Hank Williams (born September 17, 1923, Mount Olive, Butler county, Alabama, U.S.—found dead January 1, 1953, Oak Hill, West Virginia) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who in the 1950s arguably became country music’s first superstar.
Jul 24, 2023 · But the songwriter, performer and father passed away at the young age of 29 years old on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1953, in West Virginia. During his life, he sold millions of albums with...
Jul 2, 2013 · 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 dying on the road...
Sep 16, 2019 · Hank Williams—the lonesome Alabama country boy who rose to fame and riches with an $8 guitar and a melancholy voice—had a premonition of his own death several months ago. Need a break?
Jan 1, 2023 · Instead of performing, Williams died 70 years ago today, on Jan. 1, 1953. Long plagued by alcoholism, Williams fell ill at the Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville on the last night of 1952....
Hank Williams was pronounced dead at 7 AM on January 1, 1953 in Oak Hill – over 600 miles from where he began his last ride in Montgomery, Alabama.
