By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren reports on country music from Nashville for The New York Times Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television variety ...

By Jessica Nicholson Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, banjo player, comedian and cast member on the long-running television show Hee Haw, died Thursday (Feb. 22) at age 85. Stoneman ...

Walden S. Fabry Collection, courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer ...

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Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar face on television’s “Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85. No cause of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Roni Stoneman, a country music legend known as “The First Lady of the Banjo,” has died at the age of 85. Stoneman is also known for her role on the TV series “Hee ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Roni Stoneman, a country music legend known as “The First Lady of the Banjo,” has died at the age of 85. Stoneman is also known for her role on the TV ...

No cause of death was released, Variety reported. Roni Stoneman was born Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, according to Billboard. She was known as “The First Lady of Banjo,” according to ...

The woman known as the ‘First Lady of the Banjo’ has died at age 85. Roni Stoneman, known for her gap-toothed grin and eager persona, was the 22nd of 23 children born into a country music ...