On This Day in 1953, One of Country Music’s Greatest Pioneers Was Laid To Rest in Alabama With Nearly 25,000 in Attendance

Hank Williams died young on New Year’s Day in 1953, and his January 4 funeral was one of the biggest in country music history.

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