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    • Sep 15, 1970
    Bobby Bare performs "Detroit City" on the season premiere of CBS-TV's "Hee Haw," hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, with Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Stringbean and Lulu Roman. Also guesting: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    Sep 29, 1970
    Lynn Anderson performs "Rocky Top" and Ray Charles joins Buck Owens on "Crying Time" during CBS-TV's "Hee Haw," alongside regulars Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones and Archie Campbell
    Nov 10, 1970
    Tom T. Hall and Jean Shepard appear on CBS-TV's "Hee Haw" with hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, plus Minnie Pearl, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones and Gunilla Hutton. Hall sings "Shoeshine Man," and Owens delivers "Love's Gonna Live Here"
    Dec 1, 1970
    Ray Charles sings "You Don't Know Me" when he visits the cornfields on CBS' "Hee Haw." Hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, the cast also includes Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl, Gunilla Hutton, Lulu Roman, Archie Campbell, Junior Samples and The Hagers, who perform "Hitchin' A Ride"
    Jan 19, 1971
    Marty Robbins sings "Begging To You" on the CBS series "Hee Haw." Connie Smith also guests alongside regulars Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Stringbean, Archie Campbell, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Gunilla Hutton and Junior Samples
    Jan 26, 1971
    George Jones & Tammy Wynette sing "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" on the CBS telecast of "Hee Haw." Billie Jo Spears also guests alongside regular cast members Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Junior Samples and Stringbean, who plays "Sugarfoot Rag"
    Feb 10, 1971
    ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show" offers a mass performance of "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," with Jim Nabors, Ferlin Husky, Archie Campbell, Junior Samples, Stringbean, The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family and Homer & Jethro
    Nov 10, 1973
    David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, are murdered in their Ridgetop, Tennessee, home when they surprise burglars after his Grand Ole Opry performance. Their bodies are discovered by Grandpa Jones
    Nov 10, 1973
    Brenda Lee sings "Nobody Wins" on "Hee Haw." The episode also features Buddy Alan and Stringbean
    Nov 12, 1973
    Two days after David "Stringbean" Akeman was killed at home in a robbery, "Hee Haw" producer Sam Lovullo says all of Stringbean's taped appearances on the syndicated show will still air
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