Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as Minnie Pearl, was an American country comedienne who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years (from 1940 to 1991) and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991.
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“Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
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Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand,
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Richer than all his tribe.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)