Tragic Details About Hank Williams

Country music legend Hank Williams didn't have the opportunity to live in the world long. He picked up a drinking habit as a teen he would never be able to beat. But in the short amount of time he had, Williams gave the world a series of hits. This is the tragic real-life story of Hank Williams.

Hank Williams wasn't born Hank Williams. His parents meant to christen him Hiram Williams, after Hiram of Tyre, the Biblical king, but he didn't end up becoming Hiram either. Due to a misspelling on his birth certificate, his official name was recorded as "Hiriam."

Hank's parents, Lillie and Lon, had briefly settled in a rural area of Alabama called Mount Olive, to start their family. Lillie gave birth to Hank on September 17, 1923. Hank was born with a spinal condition, known as spina bifida occulta. It was never properly treated, and would cause him childhood illness and lifelong back pain.

When Hank was only six, Lon suffered facial paralysis from what was likely a brain aneurysm. He was to remain hospitalized for most of Hank's childhood.

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The birth of Hiram Williams | 0:00
Surviving the Great Depression | 1:01
Early alcohol problems | 1:48
Deferred from the WWII draft | 2:58
'Cold, Cold Heart' | 3:43
Alcohol and drug problems | 5:13
'A good patient' | 6:33
Fired from the Grand Ole Opry | 7:28
'Purtiest thing I ever saw' | 8:27
Williams never met his daughter | 9:48
Passing away at just 29 | 11:07

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