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TIL In 1960, country singer Johnny Horton was killed in a car accident after his last show, held at the Skyline Club in Austin,TX, leaving his wife, Billie Jean Williams, a widow. Billie Jean’s first husband, Hank Williams, died in the back of his car after his last show, also at the Skyline Club.

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