Bonnie Owens was born on October 1, 1932 in Blanchard, Oklahoma, USA as Bonnie Campbell. She was married to Fred McMillan, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. She died on April 24, 2006 in Bakersfield, California, USA.
Academy of Country Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Duo of the Year
Nominations
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year
Movies
Killers Three
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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Recorded six solo albums and two duet albums with Haggard.
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She recorded a duet with a Merle Haggard, and their rendition of "Just Between the Two of Us" hit the top of the country charts in 1965 and won the best vocal group award from the Academy of Country Music. They eventually married and divorced.
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Met Buck Owens in Mesa, Arizona, in the mid-1940s when she was a teenager and he had a local radio show. When Owens discovered that she could sing, he helped her get a job with him on another radio show in 1947. They married the following year and had two sons.
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Funeral plans call for her ashes to be placed next to Owens in the family mausoleum.
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Died a little over a month after the passing of her first husband, Buck Owens, who died on March 25, 2006.
$300,000
