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Laura Lynch Car Crash continued: ... P.M. on Friday, December 22, 2023, Laura was driving eastbound on two-way undivided...U.S. 62 in El Paso, Texas. Shockingly, the driver of a Ford F150 heading westbound attempted to pass two vehicles ... he plowed into Laura head-on. The Highway Patrol said Laura was not wearing a seat belt where in reality, the driver of car behind Laura’s saw smoke coming out of Laura’s car ... he jumped out of his car and ran to Laura’s, he cut the former country star’s seat belt and dragged her clear of the accident. Unfortunately, she was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. The driver of the Ford F150 went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Mini Bio: John Horton, well, Johnny Horton tended to hover between Honky Tonk and Rockabilly country music. At the end of the day, Johnny is remembered by two main claims to fame ... 1) his career soared when he released history-themed songs and 2) he was Hank Williams’ best friend, he married Hank’s wife Billie Jean after Hank passed. Johnny’s family were migrant farm workers. In 1944 Johnny attended junior college on a basketball scholarship. He furthered his education at Seattle University and then Baylor University studying geology ... yet, there is no record of a college degree. By 1948 Johnny was writing songs. Like other artists we have chatted about, John did radio shows at radio stations and gigs, including appearing on, at the time famous, Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jubilee on KXLA-AM and KLAC-TV in Pasadena. By the early-1950s Johnny was a regular on the
Louisiana Hayride but still had no recording success. By the 2) In 1953 Johnny married Billie Jean Jones. This is quite a story but I will put it in a dryer and shrink it. . Johnny was Hank’s best friend ... Hank Married Billie Jean after his divorce from Miss Audrey ... shortly after marrying Billie Jean Hank had a premonition, he was going to die soon so he asked Johnnie to look after Billie Jean after he died ... Hank died two months later ... a few months after which Johnny married Billie Jean. Back on point, in 1954 Johnny had his first somewhat successful song ... All for the Love of a Girl. In the mid-1950s Johnny saw some chart success but not too noteworthy. Then came the 1) history-like songs previously mentioned such as; Grammy-winning 1959’s The Battle of New Orleans and 1960’s Sink The Bismarck and North To Alaska. Johnny’s first #1 was 1958’s When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below). Johnny’s song getting the most airtime was Honky Tonk Man in 1955. After clawing his way to success throughout the 1950s, Johnny finally reached the aforementioned successful plateau by 1960 ... oh no, after performing at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas disaster struck [see below]. As an eerie aside, both Hank’s and Johnny’s last live performance was at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas.
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Johnny Horton <> April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960 <> Car Crash <> He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
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On Friday, November 4, 1960, Johnny was on top of the world ... he had just won a Grammy for The Battle of New Orleans followed by a sold-out crowd at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas. Following the gig, ...
