Roy Clark, a virtuosic guitarist who became an international emblem of country music as the host of "Hee Haw," the long-running cornpone variety show, and who recorded crossover hits such as the pop ...

Born April 15, 1933, in Meherrin, Virginia, Roy Clark moved to Washington, D.C., at age 11 when his father took a job with the Washington Navy Yard. His first guitar was a four-string cigar box with a ...