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    • May 6, 1947
    Lulu Roman is born in Dallas, Texas. After working as a go-go girl, she splurges to more than 300 pounds and ends up in a comedic role on "Hee Haw." She eventually segues into a career as a gospel performer
    Oct 31, 1947
    Concert promoter Connie B. Gay books Eddy Arnold for the first-ever country show at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Also on the evening's bill are The Willis Brothers and comedians Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield
    Nov 13, 1949
    A Grand Ole Opry revue heads to Europe to entertain Air Force enlistees. The tour lineup includes Red Foley, Roy Acuff, Little Jimmy Dickens, Minnie Pearl, Rod Brasfield and Hank Williams
    Dec 16, 1949
    Former blackface comedian Lee "Lasses" White dies in Hollywood. As one-half of Lasses & White, he spent two years as a Grand Ole Opry member, eventually appearing in movies
    Aug 16, 1952
    Having quit the Grand Ole Opry when he moved away from Nashville, Grandpa Jones rejoins the cast
    Aug 28, 1954
    Comedian Stringbean leaves the Grand Ole Opry to become a regular on Canada's "The Tommy Hunter Show"
    Jul 27, 1957
    Bill Engvall is born in Galveston, Texas. He emerges in 1997 with the album "Here's Your Sign" to become a major country comic
    Sep 6, 1958
    Comedian Rod Brasfield makes what proves to be his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Sep 6, 1958
    Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is born in Hapeville, Georgia. Based on his "You might be a redneck if..." routine, Foxworthy emerges as the best-selling comic of the 1990s
    Sep 12, 1958
    Rod Brasfield dies of a heart attack at his Nashville home. Brasfield had been a Grand Ole Opry comedian since 1947, and gave Hank Williams Jr. his "Bocephus" nickname. Brasfield posthumously enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1987



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