R.I.P. Atlanta writer Paul Hemphill
July 11th, 2009 by Chad Radford in Music news
Sad news came this morning when word spread that former AJC columnist and author of celebrated books The Nashville Sound and Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams, Paul Hemphill died after a long battle with cancer.
Hemphill died at the age of 73. He had carved out a prolific career writing about baseball, country music and the ups and downs of life as a Southerner in the shadow of the Civil Rights era.
Read Mara Shalhoup’s Fresh Loaf post, R.I.P. Atlanta writer Paul Hemphill.
(Photo by Jim Stawniak)
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