The report also stated that Williams had been severely beaten
and kicked recently (during a fight in a Montgomery bar a few
days earlier).

Hiram "Hank" Williams was a singer-songwriter. He is regarded as
one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers
chart, five of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.

Hank Williams was born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive,
Alabama, to a family of strawberry farmers and log company
workers, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame. 
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cale Yarborough, considered one of NASCAR’s all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three
consecutive Cup titles, died Sunday at the McLeod Hospice
House in Florence, South Carolina . He was 84.

NASCAR announced the death of the Hall of Famer and South
Carolina native in a statement. No cause was given.

1984 – The fourth and final Daytona 500 trophy for Cale.

Shecky on The Tonight Show, 1973.

Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield)

Shecky Greene, an entertainment legend whose very name
became synonymous with stand-up comedy, has died.

Greene died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday at his home in Las Vegas
of natural causes.

ED DANAHUE

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 86 years old today.

Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two 
Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also
received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA
Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008.

1991

LONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British
actor known for his roles in "The Full Monty," "Michael Clayton"
and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," has died.

A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said
Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn’t provide
further details.

Wilkinson was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for
his work in 2001’s family drama "In The Bedroom" in 2001 and
in the best supporting actor category for his role in "Michael
Clayton," a 2007 film that starred George Clooney.

2008

Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm, the head of Germany’s Reserve Army.