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Roy Clark Is Dead at 85; a Face of Country Music on ‘Hee Haw’

By Bill Friskics-Warren

    Nov. 15, 2018

Roy Clark, the country singer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a longtime host of “Hee Haw,” the television variety show that brought country music to millions of households each week, died on Thursday at his home in Tulsa, Okla. He was 85.

A spokesman, Jeremy Westby, said the cause was complications of pneumonia...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/obituaries/roy-clark-dead.html

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Re: Roy Clark Is Dead at 85; a Face of Country Music on ‘Hee Haw’
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2018, 2032 UTC »
That guy could play just about any instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5P6zdlPJ34

oh wait that was the other guy
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Re: Roy Clark Is Dead at 85; a Face of Country Music on ‘Hee Haw’
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2018, 0543 UTC »
I remember his appearances as on "The Beverly Hillbillies" playing both "Cousin Roy" and his overprotective mom. There wasn't much he couldn't do.

I've always suspected he was the brains behind the "Bodineophone" but those plans are locked away deep in CBS's vaults.

Rest in peace, Cousin Roy.