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Is Hank Ballard Chubby Checker?

Hank Ballard, 66; Found the B-Side of Fame in Writing, Recording '60s Hit Tune 'The Twist' Hank Ballard, the R&B; star who wrote and recorded “The Twist” with little success and watched a year later as Chubby Checker used the song to teach the world a new dance, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles.

Also, what is the oldest tank still in service?

Centurion (tank)

Centurion
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1946–present (derivatives still in service)

Why don t Marines have tanks?

"We have sufficient evidence to conclude that this capability [tanks], despite its long and honorable history in the wars of the past, is operationally unsuitable for our highest-priority challenges in the future," the report said about the divestment of Marine tanks.

Did the Little Willie have guns?

Little Willie was a prototype in the development of the British Mark I tank.
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Little Willie
Height	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) to top of hull 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) to top of turret
Crew	(Projected) 6
Main armament	(Projected) Vickers 2-pounder (40 mm) gun

Thereof, what does little willie do for a living?

Little Willie is the one of the youngest alligator hunters on Swamp People. He is actually called William IV Edwards, but is called Little Willie as a nickname, as he shares the same name as his father. The Swamp People star was born and raised in a gator hunting family, and is the son of Willie and Sherrie Edwards.

Regarding this, did little willie get married?

Willie and his wife, Sherrie have three children together.

Sherrie and Willie have two sons together, Little Willie and Langdon. They also have a daughter, Michaela.

Keeping this in consideration, who made the first tank in the world?

Tank/Inventors

Who inspired Hank Ballard?

Gene Autry

His first inspiration, he later observed, was Hollywood's "singing cowboy", Gene Autry. Returning to Detroit as a teenager, he went straight from school to work on the Ford motor company's assembly line. Two years later, he joined the Royals vocal group, and became the lead singer.

What happened Hank Ballard?

Hank Ballard, 75, the singer and songwriter whose hit "The Twist" ushered in a nationwide dance craze in the 1960s, died March 2 at his home here. He had throat cancer.

Subsequently, how did hank lose his jaw?

At the end, Hank kills Tricky by slicing the top of his head off, but the clown is revived instantly and kills Hank by also ripping his head off and smashing it against the ground till his jaw is completely destroyed, with the text "OMFG! YOU DO NOT KILL CLOWN! CLOWN KILLS YOU!" on screen.

By Clellan