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Article: Hank Williams III acknowledges family legacy while working to make his own mark in music
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- AP Worldstream
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- February 15, 2002
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Dateline: NASHVILLE, Tennessee
Hank Williams III has become accustomed to seeing a concerned look
when people realize he's 29.
That was his grandfather's age when he died of a drug and alcohol
overdose in the back seat of a Cadillac in 1953. Hank Williams Sr.,
whose country hits included "Cold, Cold Heart," "Hey, Good-Looking"
and "Your Cheatin' Heart," was on his way to a concert in Canton,
Ohio.
Hank III has a reputation for drugs and alcohol, hence, the concern.
But Williams, the spitting image of Hank Sr., says he isn't headed
to an early grave.
"Compared to those guys back then, I'm a choirboy, man. George Jones,
Johnny ...