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    • Feb 11, 1945
    "I Only Have Eyes For You" songwriter Al Dubin dies of pneumonia and drug poisoning in New York. Over the next three years, two of his songs make the country charts: Jo Stafford's "Feudin' And Fightin'" and T. Texas Tyler's "Memories Of France"
    Apr 3, 1948
    Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to Hank Williams begging him to straighten out his life: "Forget the fire water and let me take care of your business"
    Apr 8, 1948
    Hank Williams plays a Grand Ole Opry-sponsored show featuring Johnny Bond and Cowboy Copas in Montgomery, Alabama. Williams starts drinking with Copas and disappears for several days
    Dec 12, 1950
    With 17-month-old Ronnie Robbins ailing, Marty Robbins promises God that "if he would save my son I would never drink again"
    Jan 29, 1952
    Hank Williams plays his first concert since a December back operation in Richmond, Virginia. At the hotel, he drinks a mixture of tomato juice and rubbing alcohol, then gives a poor, abbreviated show. Ray Price fills in with a 40-minute set
    Aug 17, 1952
    Hank Williams is arrested in Alexander City, Alabama, for drunken behavior
    Oct 31, 1952
    Hank Williams checks into a Shreveport hospital with acute intoxication
    Nov 27, 1952
    Hank Williams checks back into a Shreveport sanitarium to battle addictions
    Dec 11, 1952
    Hank Williams discharges himself from a Shreveport sanitarium and promptly gets arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct
    Mar 17, 1953
    At a trial in Houston, Billie Jean Williams blames the death of her husband, Hank Williams, on narcotics prescribed by the defendant, Toby Marshall, a self-described "alcohol therapist" she calls a "quack"



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