Harold Franklin Hawkins was known as "The man with 11-and-a-half yards of personality." The 6 foot, 6 inch Hawkins was an immensely popular country entertainer in the 50s and early 60s. He was married to country star Jean Shepard. She was pregnant with Hawkins' child when he perished in the same plane crash as Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline in 1963. When the boy was born, he was named after his father.
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