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8 sie 2020 · In 1975, Hank Williams Jr., then 26, fell off Ajax Mountain in Montana, sustaining serious injuries that required multiple surgeries.
10 sie 2023 · In 1975, Hank Williams Jr. nearly lost his life in a tragic accident when he fell 530-foot off of a Montana mountain. Hank Williams Jr.'s life has been wrought with heartache. From the untimely death
5 wrz 2024 · The death-defying moment of Hank Williams Jr.'s career. In 1975, the country star fell more than 500 feet off a Montana mountain.
8 sie 2023 · On August 8, 1975, Williams was mountain climbing with a friend and his son – a favorite pastime for the country boy – when the unthinkable happened. While climbing Ajax Peak, a mountain...
7 sie 2024 · On August 8, 1975, just weeks after he finished recording his breakthrough album, Hank Williams Jr. & Friends, the singer was hiking Ajax Peak in western Montana with local rancher, Dick Willey, and Willey’s 11-year-old son Walt. While navigating the icy terrain, Williams slipped when a snow field beneath him gave way.
9 sie 2015 · Hank Williams died when Hank Jr. was only four-years-old, and his mother Audrey immediately put the younger Hank on the path to filling the void his famous father left behind, including playing Hank songs while backed up by his father’s famous Drifting Cowboy band for as many as 200 nights per year.
10 wrz 2015 · On August 8th, 1975, he fell close to 500 feet while climbing Ajax Mountain in Montana. Suffering multiple skull and facial fractures, he faced a long road to recovery — and traveled it as...