'Hee-Haw' comedy duo member Jon Hager dead at 67

[Amerigo Vespucci]

'Hee-Haw' comedy duo member Jon Hager dead at 67



AP – In this undated photo released by Capitol Records, Jon Hager, right, is shown with his brother Jim Hager.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jon Hager, who performed in the musical comedy duo The Hager Twins on "Hee-Haw," has died. He was 67.

Sam Lovullo, who produced "Hee-Haw" and was a friend of Hager's, said Hager was found dead in his apartment in Nashville Friday morning. He was found in bed and apparently died in his sleep.

Lovullo said Hager had been in poor health and was depressed since his identical twin brother, Jim Hager, died in May 2008.

The twins were in the original cast of the syndicated TV show, which debuted in 1969 satirizing country life with a mixture of music and comedy. Both were guitarists and drummers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_en_mu/obit_jon_hager

[Deja Q]

1. :(

RIP. That's the best way to go, quietly in one's sleep.

It was a fun show, though, as a kid, the two of them onscreen together scared me to death. To this day I have no clue why. Except I was very young and didn't know what 'identical twins' was all about...


I'd also date the photo around 1971.