Hank Williams’ initial autopsy revealed that he had suffered a heart attack before passing away.
In Hank Williams: The Biography, author Colin Escott came to the conclusion that alcohol, morphine, and chloral hydrate caused heart failure, which was the cause of death.
What was Hank Williams cause of death?
On January 2, the body was brought to Montgomery. It was put in a silver coffin after being displayed for two days at his mother’s boarding house at 318 McDounough Street.
His casket was put on the stage of the Montgomery Auditorium, which was decorated with flowers, for his funeral on January 4.
Ernest Tubb sang “Beyond the Sunset” during the event, followed by Roy Acuff’s “I Saw the Light” and Red Foley’s “Peace in the Valley.”
The theater was filled with 2,750 mourners, and between 15,000 and 25,000 people are thought to have passed by the silver casket.
Four women lost consciousness during the funeral, while a fifth passed out and had to be carried out of the theater in a hysterical state.
