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After a 1969 heart attack, Marty Robbins turned fear into gratitude and wrote a country classic for his wife. Here’s what’s fact and what’s legend.

After the 1963 crash that killed Hawkshaw Hawkins, Marty Robbins reportedly used songwriting as a lifeline for the family. Here’s what holds up.

Marty Robbins once wrecked his own stock car to avoid a disaster. Here’s what happened at Charlotte and why it fits the moral core of “Big Iron.”