Hank Thompson's seven decade career as a country music singer and songwriter came to an end late Tuesday night. The 82-year old singer lost the battle to aggressive lung cancer on November 6th 2007. He played his last show on October 8th in his native Waco, Texas and was forced to cancel the rest of his shows shortly after to enter hospice care for the lung cancer. He led a full and successf...
Hank Thompson - Six Pac to GoModern country music owns a huge chunk of the American musical landscape. While jazz and blues percolated from north to south, and rock 'n roll anchored down the coastlines; the huge underbelly of the nation - from the Appalacian hills to the Rockies - were headin' out honkey tonkin' any given weekend. From the generations of the (Hank) Williams family through Willi...
Hank Thompson's seven decade career as a country music singer and songwriter came to an end late Tuesday night. The 82-year old singer lost the battle to aggressive lung cancer on November 6th 2007. He played his last show on October 8th in his native Waco, Texas and was forced to cancel the rest of his shows shortly after to enter hospice care for the lung cancer. He led a full and successf...
Country legend HANK THOMPSON has passed away. THOMPSON canceled his remaining tour dates last month after being hospitalized and was then released to hospice care. The 82-year-old was suffering from lung cancer. THOMPSON has 29 hits that reached the Top 10 between 1948 and 1975, including "Humpty Dumpty Heart", "Soft Lips", and "A Six Pack To Go." His last show was in WACO, TX on OCTOBER 8th an...