Thanks for sharing that memory, tar heel. I was living in Virginia at the time- I remember how shocked my family was when we heard... Of course, we had heard how unreliable his appearances had become but I thought, Hey! this is Hank Williams! so I really blamed the Op'ry for letting him go. I had no idea, of course, that he was on the actual edge...

Just think: he could be the grand old man today.