In the early 1950s, country star Hank Thompson went into his then-state-of-the-art homestudio in Oklahoma City and made a series of recordings for radio.

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 ...

DALLAS (AP) _ 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 ...

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 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, ...

Hank Thompson's given name assured he'd never get the notoriety he deserved. Like Hank Snow, he was another honky-tonking Hank not named Williams. But Thompson was one of the genre's great singers ...

Thompson was born in Waco, Texas, on September 3, 1925, and grew up listening to western swing and country musicians such as Gene Autry and Bob Wills. His father was a railroad engineer. By the time ...

DALLAS (AP) _ Hank Thompson has died of lung cancer just days after canceling his tour. The country singer was 82. <br/><br/>Thompson died late Tuesday at his home in the Fort Worth suburb of ...