The legendary bluegrass musician Roni Stoneman has died at the age of 85.
She was known as the “First Lady of the Banjo” and was a beloved guest on the hit variety show Hee Haw.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum said Stoneman, whose real name was Veronica Loretta Stoneman, died on Wednesday.
The famous country music group The Stoneman Family had Stoneman as a member.
Ernest “Pop” Stoneman, the head of the famous country music family, had three daughters. She was the youngest.
An early 1920s hit, “The Sinking of the Titanic,” was first recorded by Stoneman’s dad.
Hattie, her mother, played the fiddle and had music in the house from a very young age.
By the mid-1950s, Hattie and Pop were playing with their own kids, and they were becoming more popular after being on several TV shows.