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 ...

Gailard Sartain, a longtime star of stage and screen, died of natural causes in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, June 19. He was 81. “Actually, he died of silliness,” his wife told the outlet. Born in Tulsa ...

Actor Gailard Sartain, who spent two decades on the country variety show Hee Haw and appeared in three Ernest films with Jim Varney, died this week of natural causes. Reports differ on what day he ...

Gailard Sartain, the prominent American actor who worked on various well-known projects and was known for his uncanny portrayal of characters from the South, passed away on June 19. The star was most ...

“Hee Haw” cast member Lulu Roman is dead at 78. Her son Damon Roman told the Hollywood Reporter his mom died Wednesday in Washington State, where she’d been living for the past seven months. Roman was ...

Lulu Roman, the "Hee Haw" comedian turned gospel singer, has died at 78 in Bellingham, Wash., her son Damon Roman confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter. The "On the Battlefield" singer died Wednesday ...

Beloved character actor Gailard Sartain, known for "Hee Haw," "Mississippi Burning" and "Fried Green Tomatoes," has died at age 78. The Church Studio in Oklahoma, where he was a visitor and his wife ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A comedian and gospel singer who performed at President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration has died. Lulu Roman, best known for her different roles on “Hee Haw,” died Wednesday, April ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety shows like “Hee Haw,” died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78. Sartain’s death was ...