Posted on 05/21/2006 4:11:47 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
FT. DEPOSIT, Ala. - Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco," died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.
Walker was killed with three others when a van they were riding in ran off Interstate 65 south of Montgomery and overturned, state troopers said.
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This is so awful. To live so long and then...
Prayers for him and his bereaved family.
:^(
Too bad. Seen him many times on tv. Always seemed like a nice guy. Everytime I saw him, I thought he and jack Palance must be related!
bttt
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