Country music singer and star of the WWVA Jamboree Doc Williams died on January 31, 2011, at his home in Wheeling, West Virginia. Williams, who was born in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, started out as a singer in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he led the Border Riders together with his wife Chickie. The couple soon became Wheeling's country top stars, appearing on WWVA and the station's Original Jamboree. Williams was 96 years old.
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