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On This Day in 1953, One of Country Music’s Greatest Pioneers Was Laid To Rest in Alabama With Nearly 25,000 in Attendance

Hank Williams died young on New Year's Day in 1953, and his January 4 funeral was one of the biggest in country music history.
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Hank Williams died on New Year’s Day 1953, Montgomery funeral drew 20,000 mourners

Hank Williams, the 29-year-old King of Country Music, was to have flown to Charleston, West Virginia for a New Year’s Eve concert but an ice storm near Nashville kept him away. Instead, the Georgiana ...