Hazel Dickens, bluegrass performer, dies at 75
Hazel Dickens, a folk singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal miners, has died at age 75.
Country music legend Hazel Dickens, who grew up in poverty in Mercer County and sang her hard-hitting songs about working people, coal mining and West Virginia all over the world, died in her sleep Thursday night at age 75.