By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren reports on country music from Nashville for The New York Times Roni ... of the Stoneman Family, a renowned Appalachian string band, died on Thursday ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo ... an irascible performer on “Hee Haw,” the down-home variety show, died Feb. 22 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Fabry Collection, courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Roni Stoneman ... s “Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85. No cause of death was given. “For Roni Stoneman, known as ...

By Jessica Nicholson Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, banjo player, comedian and cast member on the long-running television show Hee Haw, died Thursday (Feb. 22) at age 85. Stoneman ...

Roni Stoneman, a member of the pioneering country music family the Stonemans and a fixture on the banjo, died on Wednesday (Feb. 21), according to a statement from the Country Music Hall of Fame ...

Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar face on television’s “Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85. No cause of ...

No cause of death was released, Variety reported. Roni Stoneman was born Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, according to Billboard. She was known as “The First Lady of Banjo,” according to ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo ... an irascible performer on “Hee Haw,” the down-home variety show, died Feb. 22 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was 85.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Roni Stoneman, a country music legend known as “The First Lady of the Banjo,” has died at the age of 85. Stoneman is also known for her role on the TV ...

The woman known as the ‘First Lady of the Banjo’ has died at age 85. Roni Stoneman, known for her gap-toothed grin and eager persona, was the 22nd of 23 children born into a country music ...