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

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

When dick and his son walt reached his body,.

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

While climbing ajax peak, a mountain.

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Country legend hank williams jr.

June carter cash was his godmother.

She and her mother were.

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

Watch his full interview and performance at bobbybones. com.

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

The fall left hank jr.

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

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

Hit that rock going fast.

The scars from the.

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

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.

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

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

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

Williams spent over two years recovering from the accident.

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

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

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

8, 1975, hank williams jr.

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

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.

In an interview, hank jr.

With numerous skull fractures which took 17 operations to repair.

The accident led him to years of rehabilitation.