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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).
1 posted on 12/31/2022 5:39:11 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: CapnJack

Still cookin’:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean_Horton


2 posted on 12/31/2022 5:51:50 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: CapnJack

I didn’t know he died that young.


3 posted on 12/31/2022 5:52:40 PM PST by EEGator
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To: CapnJack

Given his lifestyle, I wouldn’t have called his death exactly “unexpected.”


4 posted on 12/31/2022 5:54:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CapnJack

“The Ride” ... by David Allan Coe ...


5 posted on 12/31/2022 5:56:08 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: CapnJack

So is this the first case of Died Unexpectedly ? Who knew covid was around in 1953 ?


6 posted on 12/31/2022 5:57:58 PM PST by George from New England
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To: bankwalker

That’s a good one.


7 posted on 12/31/2022 5:59:08 PM PST by EEGator
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To: bankwalker

Yes!

And Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson.


8 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.)
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To: EEGator

I can’t post links to the song right now ... maybe someone will.


9 posted on 12/31/2022 6:05:05 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bankwalker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2hJLa0T-Sw


10 posted on 12/31/2022 6:07:42 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Thank you


11 posted on 12/31/2022 6:08:37 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bankwalker

Anytime.


12 posted on 12/31/2022 6:08:59 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator; bankwalker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjegQY28W04


13 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.)
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To: bankwalker

You get an extra song...

You Never Even Called Me By My Name:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pZFsEdP3Y


14 posted on 12/31/2022 6:12:53 PM PST by EEGator
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To: CapnJack

I was born on New Year’s Day 1953.


15 posted on 12/31/2022 6:58:40 PM PST by euram
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To: MileHi

Thank you for posting that ... one of my favorites by the great Alan Jackson ... haunting ...


16 posted on 12/31/2022 7:22:37 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: EEGator

“You don’t have to call me mister, mister, the whole world called me Hank!”


17 posted on 12/31/2022 7:27:13 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: MileHi

👍


18 posted on 12/31/2022 7:31:22 PM PST by EEGator
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To: dfwgator

Spina bifida was pretty painful back then I suppose.


19 posted on 12/31/2022 9:13:36 PM PST by Jolla
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