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Sky Line Drive-In: Hank's Last Stop

About 6:30 AM on New Years Day, 1953, a Cadillac wheeled into West Virginia's Sky Line Drive-In after traveling about two hours from the Virginia state line. Its driver got out, stretched his legs, used the bathroom. When he returned he noticed that his passenger, country music superstar Hank Williams, was stiff and cold. He was, in fact, dead -- having died in the back set some time after he was last seen alive in Bristol, Virginia, probably from an accidental overdose of painkillers and alcohol.

Although no monument or memorial marks the site, the Sky Line Drive-In still stands. Beneath the letters on its hand-painted sign its owners have added, "Hank's Last Stop." On a wall inside is a framed copy of his death certificate.

Also see: Death Car | Funeral Site Statue | Astroturf Grave

Sky Line Drive-In: Hank's Last Stop

Address:: 9325 Legends Hwy, Hilltop, WV
Directions:: On the west side of Hwy 16/Legends Hwy, two miles south of Oak Hill. The Drive-In is a small, white, cinderblock building with its name on a sign above the door.
Hours:: W-Su 11-10 (Call to verify)
Phone:: 304-469-1025

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