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Apr 15, 1950
Hank Williams is arrested for violating a Nashville ordinance that prohibits smoking in bed, when a cigarette starts a fire in his room at the Tulane Hotel after he falls asleep
Nov 2, 1950
Former Grand Ole Opry star Asher Sizemore loses his son. Charles "Buddy Boy" Sizemore goes missing in action in the Korean War
Nov 12, 1950
Hank Thompson's small plane crashes, though he sustains no serious injuries
Apr 15, 1951
Texas Playboys guitarist Junior Barnard dies at Fresno County General Hospital in California, after a car crash. He played on "Bob Wills Boogie," "Brain Cloudy Blues" and "White Cross On Okinawa," as well as Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
Jul 14, 1951
Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddler best known for "Jole Blon," is arrested in Austin, Texas, for failure to pay child support. He dies in jail three days later. The death report blames cirrhosis of the liver, although some believe he was beaten to death
Aug 11, 1951
Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory delinquency, stemming from a dalliance with an under-age girl in Little Rock on April 1
Aug 15, 1951
Fourteen-year-old Merle Haggard is picked up for robbing a liquor store in a case of mistaken identity. Released five days later when the real criminals are caught, he expects to be tried as an adult: he was carrying a fake I.D. that said he was 18
Aug 17, 1951
Ralph Stanley is seriously injured in an auto accident near Raleigh, North Carolina. During his recovery, Bill Monroe drops plans to bring The Stanley Brothers on as members of his backing band
Aug 22, 1951
Hank Snow is injured in a serious automobile accident in Nashville. He flips the vehicle twice, hitting a parked car and a telephone pole. Snow is taken to General Hospital with a skull fracture and multiple lacerations
Jan 5, 1952
Merle Travis is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Los Angeles
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