Hee Haw's Lulu Roman IS DEAD TO ME!

How is anyone associated with Hee Haw only 78?

There but for the grace of God go I.

Oh no, JD Vance's long lost twin is gone!

Sal…..lute!

Sad life.

Lulu would have coke-fueled threesomes with the Hager twins.

Oh, no! We all loved Lulu.

Champagne for Lulu!

[quote] She was 78.

That’s got to be an inspiration for all the super hefty DLers.

DLers on the way to the funeral

Remember how unusually fat she seemed years ago? Now that size woman is run of the mill.

Caftans to be flown at half staff this evening in her honor.

Ironically, r10's photo is a more recent one of the Hagar twins.

r11 Mama Cass was considered monstrously overweight back in her era, her size was quite unusual then. Today, you see women even fatter than she was everywhere you go.

What was in her snack purse?

"Damon Roman" sounds like a porn star.

It's true

I can't believe she a) was only 78 and b) lived that long.

She seemed old in the 70s.

Miss Lulu is now roamin' in heaven!

She looks like your average WalMart shopper.

LOVE WalMart too!

“She be all my sisters and me…!”

Was Misty Rowe reached for comments?

Hee Haw started in 1969 so 56 years ago so Lulu was only 22!

That's a pretty sad life...never adopted because she was fat. No wonder she had a drug problem.

The op has given me an excuse to post this shocking hee haw drug song. Hee Haw was a lot more depraved than Woodstock

What was the point of Hee Haw? I was way too young to understand or get its humor. Was it actual southern humor or just using the south as point of view for social commentary?

R26

It was Laugh In for the country crowd.

r23, yes.

“We were as different as night & day. Working together since 1972 we were the original Hee Haw Honeys and the original Kornfield Friends. Yet we would often squabble and then makeup by saying "I love you Lu and she would say "I love you too Sugar." Lulu was a gift in my life. She played my mother twice and yet she was just 3 years older than me. We were Gossipy Girls and now Lulu is my angel in heaven. I thank God for her time here on earth and I know we will all see her again in that big Kornfield in the sky someday.

She will sing us home. Lulu, I will always love you.” - Misty Rowe

Lu had a thyroid condition which contributed to her weight and started using to ease the symptoms of the undiagnosed condition.

Once she was diagnosed and treated she slimmed down over the years.

Has Kathie Lee Epstein Johnson Gifford been reached for comment?

Damn. I thought she was way older, too.

R30 no way that was at 22

R32 She was 22 when the show started in 1969. Hee Haw Honeys was about 10 years later.

New York Times obit

I have one of her country gospel albums from the 70s on which she does a decent cover of the Eagles’ Desperado.

If there was just someone big enough to play her in the TV movie biopic....

Can Meghan McCain act?

Some relative of hers owned a tiny religious TV station in my hometown, and she would come to town every summer to do a concert in the park as a fundraiser.

Somehow, a friend of mine and I got roped into driving her around for the day.

She was very sweet and gave us each $50 when we took her back to the airport.

thanks R38 what year might that have been?

r38 Was that enough to cover the cost of new shock absorbers?

Thanks R6

The Hager Twins - were featured in the second preview issue of Playgirl, February 1973.

I can't believe I never caught that issue

r38 here

I was 16 or so, so probably 1988 or 1989.

Here's another thing I remember... When she was "off duty" she wore very flattering clothing, but when she was "performing" (actually on-stage or at a signing before the show) she wore a big old tent dress that made her look bigger.

I guess it was her trademark.