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a_bitch_on_a_mission t1_iy5fr90 wrote

Reply to comment by Notsogrumpyoldman in Hank Williams and his wife Audrey, circa 1950. She inspired many of his best and saddest songs. by L0st_in_the_Stars

It was more likely the extreme pain he was in constantly, which was the reason for all the booze and pills. Constant pain will age you so fast.

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Notsogrumpyoldman t1_iy6kx86 wrote

It's said that Hank had severe back pain.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_iy6n907 wrote

He was born with spina bifida, fell off a bull during a rodeo, and in '51, fell during a hunting trip which started the latest round of back problems that led to his going off the rails with booze and pills in '52 and culminated in his OD on New Year's Eve of '53.

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