Hank Williams Jr's wife's cause of death revealed four months after Mary Jane Thomas died following

Publish date: 2024-05-02

HANK Williams Jr's wife's cause of death has been revealed after her tragic passing at age 61.

Mary Jane Thomas died on March 22 of a collapsed lung that was punctured during an elective surgery the day before, according to the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office.

The cause of death was listed as accidental.

The wife and former model had traveled from Nashville to Jupiter, Florida to undergo liposuction and get previous breast implants removed, People reported.

Mary Jane was released from Bafitis Plastic Surgery at around 7pm on March 21 where she was reportedly "sitting up in bed, speaking normally."

Jupiter's police department got "a medical call to the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa" around 5pm the following day.

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The famed country star's wife had suddenly become unresponsive and was "transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead."

The coroner's office determined that "Thomas' lung collapsed after her surgeon punctured the (parietal pleura) membrane while completing the fat transfer as part of a breast lift following a breast implant removal," according to People.

The autopsy listed seven other findings including mild brain swelling, mild coronary artery disease, and fatty metamorphosis of the liver, according to the outlet.

Mary and Hank, 72, wed in 1990 after meeting in 1985 at one of his music concerts.

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Hank Jr is the son of Hank Williams - a revered country legend who had 12 Number 1 singles, including three posthumously.

Once called the King of Country Music, he died in 1953.

Hank Jr has forged his own path in the country world and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last November.

The late Mary and Hank Jr welcomed two children, Katie and Sam.

Their daughter sadly died in a car accident in 2020.

Daughters Hillary and Holly are Hank Jr's other children with his ex-wife Becky White, who he was married to from 1977 to 1983.

Holly has one child and Hank Jr has three grandchildren all together.

After his wife's tragic death, Hank Jr said: "Her kind spirit and beautiful and endearing love carries on in the hearts of our son, Sam, grandsons Beau and Tennyson, and granddaughter Audrey Jane."

There is no allegation that any of the medical staff involved in the surgery committed any wrongdoing.

SON SAM'S MESSAGE

Two months after daughter Katie's death, Hank Jr's son Sam claimed he was in a conservatorship and begged to be "freed."

The 25-year-old made the allegations in a silent YouTube video, holding up a sign that said: "I want out."

He claimed his famous father and half-sister, Holly, put him under a conservatorship in August 2020.

Alongside the video, he wrote: “I've been quiet a long time now. I want out of this, and I don't mind people knowing. They took my grief process, my spirit, my money, my car, my home, and everything possible in order to 'protect me.' Well, I need protection from them.”

The video has since been deleted.

In addition to sharing the video, Sam made the same claims in a series of tweets.

The musician wrote: "I am in a conservatorship," in five separate tweets each with one word of the message.

He also responded to a tweet from one fan celebrating Britney Spears' "first February" being victoriously freed of her conservatorship.

Sam shared the post as he wrote: "It's my second one not free."

Reps for Hank and Sam did not respond immediately to the Sun’s request for comment.

AN AILING BROTHER

Days after Sam made the claims, TMZ confirmed through court records that Hank filed a petition for an emergency conservatorship in August 2020 for Sam.

Sam seemed to be reeling from the death of his sister and the daughter of Hank Jr, first revealing the news of the accident himself on Facebook, writing: "My sister and brother in law have been in a terrible accident.

"Please pray for them so hard! Katie Williams and Tyler Dunning."

Sam later spoke about how Katie's passing impacted him during an interview with People in August 2021.

He said: "I definitely broke and went through a really, really, really hard time. I'm still climbing out of it. But, it's the 'still climbing' part that is the most important. That'll just always be a big part of my story."

It is unclear if the arrangement is still in effect.

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Mary Jane was a former model for Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion.

She was private, compared to her country star husband, and although they separated in 2007, they reconciled in 2011.

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