‘Hee Haw,’ ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ Star Dead at 81

Gailard Sartain, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-born character actor with nearly 75 TV and movie roles to his credit, died on Thursday, June 19. Sartain was 81 years old.

TMZ confirmed Sartain’s passing with Tulsa’s The Church Studio—a church-turned-recording studio and home to the Tulsa sound musical movement, and where Sartain’s wife, Mary Jo, was a volunteer.

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The Church Studio CEO Teresa Knox told TMZ that Sartain’s health had been in decline for a while.