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A year of big milestones’: Alabama museum to honor 70th anniversary of Hank Williams death on New Year’s Day
AL.com ^
| 12/31/2022
| John Sharp
Posted on 12/31/2022 5:39:11 PM PST by CapnJack
... Williams, who died unexpectedly at age 29 on New Year’s Day in 1953, will be honored with an annual wreath laying ceremony Sunday at his grave in Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery.
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Seventy years ago, America lost one of it's best song writers, possibly it's best song writer ... Hank Williams Sr. (aka Luke the Drifter).
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:39:11 PM PST
by
CapnJack
To: CapnJack
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:51:50 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: CapnJack
I didn’t know he died that young.
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:52:40 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: CapnJack
Given his lifestyle, I wouldn’t have called his death exactly “unexpected.”
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:54:42 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: CapnJack
“The Ride” ... by David Allan Coe ...
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:56:08 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: CapnJack
So is this the first case of Died Unexpectedly ? Who knew covid was around in 1953 ?
To: bankwalker
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posted on
12/31/2022 5:59:08 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: bankwalker
Yes!
And Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson.
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:00:07 PM PST
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: EEGator
I can’t post links to the song right now ... maybe someone will.
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:05:05 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:07:42 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:08:37 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:08:59 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: EEGator; bankwalker
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:12:25 PM PST
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:12:53 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: CapnJack
I was born on New Year’s Day 1953.
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posted on
12/31/2022 6:58:40 PM PST
by
euram
To: MileHi
Thank you for posting that ... one of my favorites by the great Alan Jackson ... haunting ...
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posted on
12/31/2022 7:22:37 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: EEGator
“You don’t have to call me mister, mister, the whole world called me Hank!”
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posted on
12/31/2022 7:27:13 PM PST
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: MileHi
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posted on
12/31/2022 7:31:22 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: dfwgator
Spina bifida was pretty painful back then I suppose.
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posted on
12/31/2022 9:13:36 PM PST
by
Jolla
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