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05 Mar

Hawkshaw Hawkins, along with Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Randy Hughes, died in a plane crash

Hawkshaw Hawkins (December 22, 1921-March 5, 1963) gained fame as one of West Virginia's best known country musicians. Born Harold Franklin Hawkins in Huntington, Hawkins got his start in music when he traded five trapped rabbits for his first gui...

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