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Transcript: Profile: Hank Williams' death 50 years ago turned him into a country music legend
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- January 1, 2003
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Profile: Hank Williams' death 50 years ago turned him into a country
music legend
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
BOB EDWARDS, host:
New Year's Day 50 years ago was a day of mourning for country music
fans. Disc jockeys played Hank Williams records back-to-back. They
talked about his career and they grieved his death.
Unidentified Man #1: Dear Hank, you see, it was my intentions to
write you today, as has been my custom for many years past. Only
yesterday I was thinking of some of the things I would mention in
my letter, but somehow I think I'll have to change the letter a bit,
for an hour or so ago, I received a phone call from ...