A Lifelong Back Condition
Hank was born with spina bifida occulta –a spinal condition that wasn’t well understood at the time. Sadly, it was never properly treated and caused Hank lifelong back pain. His back condition meant that he looked scrawny and a bit sickly, but he didn’t let it stop him and his future career in the music industry.
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Hank “had a lot of nerve,” according to his cousin Taft Skipper. Skipper noted that Hank “would try most anything… he was pretty independent” In the book Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams. Hank’s father, who suffered facial paralysis because of a brain aneurysm, was hospitalized for most of Hank’s childhood, meaning all the responsibility for supporting the family fell onto his mother’s shoulders.