“79 YEARS LATER… HIS STORY ENDED ON THE VERY DAY IT BEGAN.” Merle Haggard was born on April 6, 1937, in a tiny converted boxcar in Oildale, California — a poor boy with nothing but hard times ahead of him. He lost his father young, landed in San Quentin by 20, and somehow turned pain into poetry that millions would carry in their hearts forever. Over the years, he gave country music 38 number-one hits and a voice that sounded like truth itself. In February 2016, he recorded his final song beside his son Ben. Days later, he quietly admitted he knew the end was near. Then, on April 6, 2016 — exactly 79 years after the day he was born — Merle Haggard took his final breath. The outlaw’s journey ended on the same page where it first began.
admin Introduction: The Date That Closed the Circle On April 6, 1937, Merle Haggard was born in a converted boxcar in Oildale, California—a beginning as unpolished as the life that would…