Aug 21, 2008 13:51
Don Helms, 81, the steel guitarist who became one of country music's most influential musicians through his association with singer-composer Hank Williams in the 1940s and early 1950s, died Aug. 11 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville after a heart attack.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/metro/obituaries;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=342125230556" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/metro/obituaries;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=342125230556" border="0" vspace="5"><p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xmla=1SJ15m"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xmli=1SJ15m" border="0"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/obituaries/index_xml/~4/367615786" height="1" />