Last updated: Monday, May 22, 2006
COUNTRY STAR WALKER KILLED
Country singer BILLY WALKER, his wife and two bandmembers have been killed in car crash in Montgomery, Alabama.
GRAND OLE OPRY star Walker 77, BETTIE WALKER, 61, CHARLES LILLY, 44 and DANIEL PATTON, 40 died when the car they were travelling ran off an interstate highway and overturned on Sunday (21MAY06). Walker's 21 year old grandson JOSHUA BROOKES is in critical condition after being injured in the crash.
The group were returning to their homes near Nashville, Tennessee after performing a concert in Alabama.
Walker found fame with hits CHARLIE’S SHOES and CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO. He joined country music radio programme Grand Ole Opry in 1960.
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