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The Great Hank Williams Died Here. So Drunk.

In a parking lot. It gets one thinking.  Martha Woodroof ponders wasted human potential and also wholesome, friendly folks --while palming a relic from the West Virginia site where the star's  addictions won.  A Version of Martha's story appeared in the New York Times Magazine under the title "Sharing Demons with Hank Williams."
 

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Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.
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