Just prior to the accident, he released “hank williams, jr.

Revealed that june carter cash, wife of johnny cash, was actually his godmother.

When dick and his son walt reached his body,.

The accident led him to years of rehabilitation.

She and her mother were.

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While climbing ajax peak, a mountain.

He said that he'll never forget the sound it made, hearing his own head crack open.

Williams slipped and fell about 500 feet, sustaining serious head injuries as he struck jutting rocks, according to a story from the associated press that ran on the front page.

Watch his full interview and performance at bobbybones. com.

Country legend hank williams jr.

Williams, 26 at the time, fell more than 500.

By the end of the decade, a mountain climbing expedition scarred hank williams jr.

The fall left hank jr.

Was mountain climbing with a friend in southwestern montana when he slipped and fell more than 500 feet, striking jutting rocks on his way down.

The scars from the.

On august 8th, 1975, he fell close to 500 feet while climbing ajax mountain in montana.

For life, and tammy wynette endured gossip and speculation about an alleged kidnapping.

Falling a reported 500 feet onto rock after the snow beneath his feet gave way, williams sustained multiple fractures to his skull.

His nose, teeth and jaw were broken to pieces, his eye was hanging out of the socket, and a fracture in.

Hit that rock going fast.

Williams spent over two years recovering from the accident.

8, 1975, after recording his breakthrough album hank williams jr.

Suffering multiple skull and facial fractures, he faced a long road to recovery — and.

With numerous skull fractures which took 17 operations to repair.

Shared some details about his fall down a mountain years ago.

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& friends, the singer and a friend hiked ajax peak in montana.

His face struck a boulder on the way down, fracturing his skull in a number of places.

In an interview, hank jr.

June carter cash was his godmother.

The willeys hurried down the mountain, making their way to williams.

8, 1975, hank williams jr.

The incident that took place in 1975 in ajax peak in beaverhead county, montana, near the idaho border ended up with the country singer sustaining skull fractures and other.