Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was a multi-instrumentalist born in Meherrin, Virginia, who left formal secondary education at age 15 to pursue music. He entered professional music via Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats in 1954, subsequently performing as a backing musician for Wanda Jackson and Hank Williams. In 1969, Clark was cast alongside Buck Owens as the co-host of the CBS country variety program Hee Haw, a position he retained in syndication until 1993. He opened the Roy Clark Celebrity Theatre in Branson, Missouri, in 1983, and he was formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
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- No. 29 May 2002