“Hee Haw” cast member Lulu Roman is dead at 78. Her son Damon Roman told the Hollywood Reporter his mom died Wednesday in Washington State, where she’d been living for the past seven month ...

Apr 24, 2025 Apr 24, 2025 Updated Apr 24, 2025 0 Lulu Roman, a longtime cast member on the country music and comedy show “Hee Haw,” died Wednesday. She was 78. Born Birtha Louise Hable on May ...

Lulu Roman, who came to fame as a comic actress on 'Hee Haw' in the 1960s and later devoted herself to gospel music, has died at 78.

Roman left the show after being arrested for drug possession, but returned after she reinvented herself as a singer and ...

Obesity was a source of trauma for her, but also of her comedy, which she showcased, along with gospel singing, on the ...

Given a career boost by Buck Owens, she starred on the country music variety show while overcoming daunting obstacles along ...

Graham sees it. He struck up a long, lasting friendship with Lulu. The two often shared stages, including Hee Haw cast reunion performances long after the show ended. "I got to know her as a ...

“Hee Haw” was looking for a plus-sized comedian to become a member of the ensemble cast when they discovered Roman. She became a household favorite on the show. Roman was open about her battle ...

“Hee Haw,” which premiered on CBS in 1969, was conceived as a kind of vaudeville revue for rural America: a parade of corny comedy sketches; buxom girls in pigtails, denim and ...

“Lulu has been a part of my life for the past 56 years, from the day we first met at WLAC in May, 1969, for the first taping of ‘Hee Haw’,” said cast member Cathy Baker. “From that ...

The rural-themed sketch-comedy and country music show was looking for a plus-sized actress with comedic skills to become a member of the ensemble cast when “Hee Haw” went on the air in 1969.