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Article: Country network to rekindle debate over Hank Williams' death Star's musical ascent
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Country network to rekindle debate over Hank Williams' death
Star's musical ascent, demise part of hourlong shows featuring
namesakes
By DAVE FERMAN Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Wednesday, January 1, 2003
In death, as in his brief life, Hank Williams was a collection of
contradictions.
He was a country music legend, but he had messed up his career by
either not showing up for work or arriving staggering drunk and surly
when he did.
His persona was of a ladies' man, but he and his longtime wife,
Audrey, fought incessantly, and, by many accounts, he took as much
abuse as he dished out.
And, although he was beloved by thousands, he died cold and alone
and in pain, in the back seat of a Cadillac ...