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Stars Who Died In Tragic Accidents [TA]
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Hello Traditional Country Music fans, we trust all is well. This June Webb Music site update #59 is dedicated to country music stars who died in accidents while touring. This is a small sampling that only includes Traditional Country Music stars of Miss June’s era [with one slight exception]. We will provide a brief glimpse of each artist's career and a snapshot of the accident each was in. The write-ups are fairly short since most of the artists have been covered on this site over the site’s 14 years, a few such as Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves and Hawkshaw numerous times.
Mini Bio: Harold Hawkins aka Hawkshaw got his nickname as a boy. He helped a friend find two lost fishing rods after which he was tapped with the nickname after Hawkshaw the Detective, a comic strip character back in the day. Hawkshaw was an opposing figure at 6’5” but in truth, he was a gentle giant. In France during WWII he fought in the Battle of the Bulge ... he won four battle stars during combat. By 1954 Hawkshaw was performing at the Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri. In 1960 Hawkshaw married fellow country star Jean Shepard. In 1962 Hawkshaw became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. During his short career as an Opry star, he had eight chart hits but no #1s. However, he did have a whopping #1 in 1963 after his untimely death ... Lonesome 7-7203 topped the charts for
Patsy Cline <> September 8, 1932 - March 5, 1963 <> Plane Crash <> Patsy was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973
Hawkshaw Hawkins
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Patsy Cline
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Hawkshaw Hawkins <> December 22, 1921 - March 5, 1963 <> Plane Crash
four weeks and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks. Sadly, Jean was pregnant with Harold Franklin Hawkins Jr. when Hawkshaw died ... he was born one month after his dad died. I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye [1962], Blue Skies In Your Eyes [1947], Sunny Side Of The Mountain [1956], Between The Lines [1951], I'm Beginning to Forget [1962]
Mini Bio: Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, Patsy, in the early days, performed in Juke Joints as well as doing nightclub cabaret acts similar to Kay Starr. As an aside, she also appeared in amateur musicals, talent shows and on local radio station WINC. By age 20 Virginia had become Patsy based on her middle name and/or Patsy Montana, whom she admired ... the last name came from Gerald Cline whom she married at 21. After floundering, Patsy made some inroads into country music by working with the famed Washington, DC-based ‘Media Magician’ Connie B. Gay. Between 1954 and 1957 Patsy’s first recording contract ...
