Hank Williams

Hank Williams, 29, the country music singer and composer, died today in the back seat of his automobile while he was being driven to a concert date at Canton, Ohio. The cause of death was not immediately determined. Dr. Ivan Malinin, a neuropathologist, performed an autopsy at the Tyree Funeral Home. He said Williams, who had been under a doctor's care for a heart condition, died of a heart attack.

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