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Roy Clark

Roy Clark tunnetaan parhaiten teoksista The Muppet Show, The Drew Carey Show, The Beverly Hillbillies ja Sealab 2021. Roy Clark on syntynyt 15. huhtikuuta 1933. Roy Clark kuoli 15. marraskuuta 2018 85-vuotiaana.

Syntynyt: 15. huhtikuuta 1933
Syntymäpaikka: Meherrin, Virginia, USA
Kuollut: 15. marraskuuta 2018 (85 v)

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Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.

During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for Hee Haw. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist, banjo player, and fiddler. He was skilled in the traditions of many genres, including classical guitar, country music, Latin music, bluegrass, and pop. He had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of bluegrass and country musicians.

Clark became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1987, and in 2009 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, My Life in Spite of Myself, in 1994.