Thirteen years ago today, on Nov. 6, 2007, Hank Thompson died after a short battle with lung cancer. The singer was 82 years old. Thompson was born in Waco, Texas, on Sept. 3, 1925, and showed an ...

Honky-tonk baritone Hank Thompson, the “King of Western Swing” who churned out a string of top 10 country hits during a decades-long career, has died at 82, his family said Wednesday.Thompson ...

DALLAS – Hank Thompson has died of lung cancer just days after canceling his tour. The country singer was 82. Thompson died late Tuesday at his home in the Fort Worth suburb of Keller, said ...

Hank Thompson, 82, a singer, guitarist and songwriter who became a prolific western swing hitmaker with upbeat music about beer drinking and broken hearts, died Tuesday at his home in Keller ...

I saw Hank's show with fiddler Johnny Gimble at the Bosque River Stage last May . He played while sitting in a chair and stumbled a little with words on the first song or two. Then his inveterate ...