Hee Haw first made its debut in 1969, ... Junior Samples died on November 13, 1983, at 57 years old from a heart attack. Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon) ...

On April 10, 1926 comedian Alvin "Junior" Samples was born in Cumming, Ga. Samples was a stock car driver and carpenter by trade until he became famous in the mid 1960's after telling a story on ...

Well, the guild will host a “Hee Haw” fundraiser where country music and . ... Junior Samples, Minnie Pearl and Archie Campbell. “We are so excited that Roy Clark Jr., son of the late, ...

Misty Rowe, Sartain's longtime Hee Haw co-star—often seen as Junior Samples' assistant—also paid tribute in a Facebook post. 'God Bless You, Gailard Sartain. You were my brother on Hee Haw ...