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.

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8, 1975, hank williams jr.

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

With numerous skull fractures which took 17 operations to repair.

While climbing ajax peak, a mountain.

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

The accident led him to years of rehabilitation.

The scars from the.

Williams spent over two years recovering from the accident.

She and her mother were.

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

June carter cash was his godmother.

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

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

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

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.

Hit that rock going fast.

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

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.

When dick and his son walt reached his body,.

Country legend hank williams jr.

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

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In an interview, hank jr.

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

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

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

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.

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

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