Hero's Death
1966 · Decca 32032 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Wilma Lee
- Title
- Hero's Death
- Release
- A Hero's Death / Three Widows
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Decca # 32032
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Lynn Davis
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Hero's Death, A (Lee, Wilma) Country. Born West Virginia. Died in Tennessee. A-side: old man at station to meet his son, in a coffin - KIA. Died a hero, a soldier. B-side: tribute to the widows of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and J.D. Tippit.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 7 February 1921, Valley Head, West Virginia, USA. Died 13 September 2011, Sweetwater, Tennessee, USA