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Fact #3378

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Short story:

Country music legend Hank Williams is declared dead, aged 29, outside a Pure Oil service station in Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA, on his way to a gig. He had died the night before in the back of his car.

Full article:

John Lennon (The Beatles) : I heard country-and-western music in Liverpool before I heard rock'n'roll. There were established folk, blues and country-and-western clubs in Liverpool before rock'n'roll…I started imitating Hark Williams when I was fifteen, before I could play the guitar.
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