Merle Haggard

Social : None | Institutionalized - prison, hospital November 1957 (Went to prison for 27 months, burglary) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1958 (Son Marty born) | Social : None | Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital February 1960 (Paroled) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1963 (First record released) | Health : None | Accident (Non-fatal) 1969 (Broke back, thrown from horse) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1969 (Famous song "Okie From Muskogee") | Financial : None | Worst Period 1975 (Serious gambling addicrtion) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1977 (Third wife Leona Williams) | Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1984 (From Leona) | Financial : None | Worst Period 1985 (Past taxes, lawsuits, missed concerts) | Relationship : None | Marriage 11 September 1993 (Fifth wife Theresa Ann Lane) | Health : None | 00 midnight in Palo Cedro, CA (Open heart surgery) | Health : None | Medical procedure 3 November 2008 (Malignant tumor removed from lung) | Health : None | Medical diagnosis November 2009 (Lung cancer) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Accident/Injury (Broke back, thrown from horse) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Surgery (Heart) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Abuse Alcohol (Rehab) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Abuse Drugs (Rehab) | Family : Relationship | Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (Fifth wife 23 years younger) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Five) | Family : Relationship | Stress - Domestic violence (Physical abuse, first marriage) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Six) | Lifestyle : Financial | Rags to riches | Passions : None | Prison sentence (27 months in young adulthood, burglary) | Passions : None | Social crime/ delinquent (Renegade, various crimes) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Folk Music | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Instrumentalist (Guitar) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Song writer | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession | Notable : Book Collection | American Book