This morning while I was doing stuff at home, I Love Lucy was on, in the background. The episodes featured Tennessee Ernie Ford as a hillbilly bunking with the Ricardos.
Being a hillbilly myself, I looked him up and learned that he was born and raised in Bristol, Tennessee, about 60 miles from where I spent the second half of my childhood, Big Stone Gap, Virginia. And he’s buried in Palo Alto.
A nice life story. Read about him on IMDb, Wikipedia and the official site.