(Contact Music) Bluegrass legend ERNIE THACKER is fighting for his life in a Virginia hospital after sustaining multiple injuries in a traffic accident. Thacker's family has been keen to keep the news of the mandolin player's condition out of the press since his accident on 18 April (06), but reports finally surfaced at the weekend (29APR06). [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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Posted by K:
Sue if you can't get that site goto news.google.com and type in his name there are few more stories on this.
Posted by Sue:
I wasn't able to get the full story. What source was this information coming from. I would really like to read the full story