Gailard Sartain, the character actor and comedian whose breakthrough role on Hee Haw launched a career of playing Southern good-ol’-boy that included his memorable performance as The Big Bopper in ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — We're saying goodbye to a friend. Lulu Roman has died. She was 78. Lulu was a gospel singer, comedian, and one of the stars of the show "Hee Haw." For years, Lulu would come here to ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor known for films such as Mississippi Burning and Elizabethtown, has died. He was 78. The Oklahoma-born actor got his start playing a wizard named Dr. Mazeppa ...

Lulu Roman, who found fame as a comedic actress and singer on the TV series "Hee Haw" over a run that lasted from 1969 till 1993, died Wednesday at age 78. No cause of death was immediately given, ...

Gailard Sartain on the set of "Roadie" in 1980. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety ...