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Background information | |
Birth name | Veronica Loretta Stoneman |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | May 5, 1938
Died | February 22, 2024 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 85)
Genres | Bluegrass, country |
Occupations | Musician, actress, comedian |
Instrument | Banjo |
Veronica Loretta Stoneman (May 5, 1938 – February 22, 2024) was an American bluegrass banjo player[1] and comedian widely known as a cast member on the country music show Hee Haw. She was the youngest daughter of Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, patriarch of the Stoneman Family, one of the most famous family groups in early country music.
As a member of the Stoneman Family, she won the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year in 1967. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2021 with the rest of her family.[2]