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The song and technically also poem "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol" was written and performed by Bob Dylan, who was a civil and social rights activist and song writer. Who participated at concerts for SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating committee) and spread the news of Hattie Carrol as well as solidifying her name in history, to be remembered forever. But what happened? How did she die? What happened to the person who killed her, that being William Zantzinger, or as Bob Dylan likes to call him; William Zanzinger?
After examining some resources, I have come to the conclusion that she wasn't necessarily 'ki**ed' as you would think. It all Happened on a Friday night, it's February 8th 1963, it's starting to get dark. Hattie Carrol; one of the backup staff for the 17 story Emerson Hotel in Downtown Baltimore. A ball was happening at the hotel, which was why Hattie had came in for work. Her and her coworkers were under a lot of pressure, as hundreds of guests came in; getting and dancing, and that's when she first crossed paths with William Zantzinger. William was a very wealthy man of 24 years and had two children as well as a wife. He had came to the ball and got overly dru*k. Due to his dru*kenness he became violent and had outbursts, where he smacked his cane at waiters and servers and other staff at the ball. But when he came along to Hattie, who was working the bar and was very busy with tons of drink orders; he outraged at the fact that she hadn't prepared his drink and started pressuring her as well as yelling at her, which resulted in a huge amount of stress buildup and her having a stroke which killed her. The smack from the cane did not harm her though. Willaim was arrested shortly after her death and was originally persecuted for m*rder, but after an autopsy revealing that Hattie's arteries were hardened up and not working properly (which led to the increased risk of a stroke, and due to the mental pressure she was put under by William, it killed her). William was only trialed for man-sl*ughter and was sentenced to 6 months of jail and a $25,000 bail.