“Actually, he died of silliness,” she added ... His big break came in 1972 when he was cast as a regular on Hee Haw, a syndicated country music variety show. He would spend nearly 20 seasons ...

(Gray News) – Gailard Sartain, who spent two decades on the sketch variety show “Hee Haw,” has died at age 81. Sartain’s wife ...