Death
Hazel Dickens died in 2011, aged 75, from complications of pneumonia.
Extolling that "music saves mountains", fans and supporters of Dickens' activism announced a special memorial, Tribute to West Virginia Music Legend Hazel Dickens at the Charleston, West Virginia Cultural Center on June 5, 2011, four days after what would have been her 76th birthday.
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