Guitar virtuoso was Hee Haw star
A publicist said country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the TV show Hee Haw for nearly a quarter century, has died. Jeremy Westby said Clark, 85, died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at his home in Tulsa, Okla. Clark was Hee Haw host or co-host for its entire 24-year run. The country music and comedy show’s last new episode aired in 1993, though reruns continued for a few years thereafter. Clark played the guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica and other instruments.