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Man Who Inspired Dylan's 'Hattie Carroll' Dies

Filed under: News, R.I.P.Spinner.com: William Zantzinger, whose notorious killing of a black woman in 1963 inspired Bob Dylan's 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,' died January 3 at the age of 69. The song was inspired by an incident that occurred wherein Zantzinger, a 24-year-old... Read more

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08:00 on January 12 2009

Man Who Inspired Dylan's 'Hattie Carroll' Dies

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, R.I.P.Spinner.com: William Zantzinger, whose notorious killing of a black woman in 1963 inspired Bob Dylan's 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,' d... more info

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