Final Years
He died on June 4, 2001, after a long battle with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. At the time of his death, Hartford was also working on the biography of the blind fiddler Ed Haley. Hartford's album The Speed of the Old Longbow is a collection of Haley's tunes. Hartford also provided narration for several of Ken Burns' documentaries.
Hartford was given a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
From the 1980s onwards, Hartford had Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On June 4, 2001, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, at age 63, he died of the disease.
In honor of his work, he was given a posthumous Presidents Award by the Americana Music Association in September 2005.
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