Hank Williams Sr Where did he die? 1949 Cadillac

at the country America loves with the tale of one legend Hank Williams last journey began in Knoxville and ended in tragedy just up the road our story is the tale of that fateful night as told by Granger County Sheriff Earl Cameron bill has the story roll camera now patrols the streets he once played on in Granger County back then he wasn't Sheriff and like most boys his age he was a big fan of Hank Williams I dearly loved country music and and Hank Williams his style of doing country music that hasn't changed if anything sheriff Cameron has become an authority on Luke the drifter there's enormous news because she told him that that he couldn't sing the licks all those better than that as a matter of fact there's very little this Hank fan doesn't know about his idol and four years ago all decided he would try to piece together what happened to Hank but last night he was alive the story was that Hank Williams may have died or our atleast came through Ranger County brothers Tennessee in the night of his death and I would see what I could find and a search through court records turned up no evidence that Williams had ever stopped in Granger County but through his conversations with judge Owen Marshall deputy sheriff JP Cameron and state trooper Swan kids Cameron has come up with what he believes happened between December 31st 1952 and January 1st 1953 on highway 11 w as Williams and his driver 17-year old Charles Carr were on their way to Canton Ohio Hank was to perform there if things went well then chances were good he would have been hired back at the Grand Ole Opry we pick up the journey as the to arrive at the Andrew Johnson hotel car came into the lobby and registered got a room for him and Williams went back to the car and got Hank Hank was in pain from a ruptured disc in his back he walked him to hotel slumped tired from traveling riding in a car they came into the hotel occupied the room and car a short time later came back downstairs to the lobby to the desk clerk and asked for a house doctor the house doctor came to the hotel and saw Williams administered a shot for pain and left and at approximately 11 o'clock p.m. they left the Andrew Johnson hotel in route to Canton Ohio but he never made it tomorrow on part two Hank's last ride through Granger County Bill Stewart 26 News couple on the ice injured County Sheriff Earl Cameron understands that he was just 15 years old when Hank Williams passed through Rutledge on his way to Ohio later on that same trip Hank Williams died he was only 29 on tonight's installment of the country America loves Bill Stewart band photographer Jerome Jernigan continues Hanks journey as her Oh Cameron believes it happened despite stories to the contrary sheriff Cameron believes Hank Williams left the Andrew Johnson under his own power and very much alive now for Williams and his teenage driver Charles Carr it was on to Canton or so they thought I found highway 11 W they were passing a car and met a state trooper kits and a deputy sheriff were going west and car almost ran into us and kids turned around and proceeded to stop the car where at that time Hank Williams was laying in the backseat of a car kids asked who was who was a gentleman laying in the backseat of the car and and car explained to him that it was Hank Williams at he had had a shot of medication for pain and pleaded with kids not to wake Williams up to let him rest let him blend this car and sleep it was car's desire to not lose time or be detained any longer than possible and he merely asked trooper kids to escort him to the courthouse and rubbish they pull in at the back of the courthouse and go up to the dispatch office of the Granger County Jail and the justice of peace came down to the courthouse and heard the case and let car host a cash bond of thirty three dollars in the hive sort of fine in cost while car paid his fine for reckless driving Hank remained asleep in the car but soon they were back on the road five hours later Hank was pronounced dead in Oak Hill West Virginia the official cause was acute right ventricular dilation or heart failure today Hanks name is known by millions but to the person filling out the death certificate Williams was simply a radio singer stories vary as to where Hank may have died was at the Andrew Johnson was it in Blaine or on a darkened lonesome American back road I'm so lonesome I could advil adds one brief footnote former state trooper Swann Kitts who stopped Charles Carr that night would not talk about the incident camera tomorrow night on part three bill Stewart is scheduled to have a live interview with the mother daughter singing group that

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Length: 6min 11sec (371 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 07 2016