He passed on in 1983, at age 57.
He was on Hee Haw for 14 seasons.
https://breaking911.com/breaking-governor-of-maine-activates-the-national-guard/
“Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has activated additional members of the Maine National Guard to help alleviate short-term capacity constraints at hospitals and maintain access to inpatient health care services for Maine people amid a sustained surge of COVID-19.
On August 12, 2021, the Mills Administration announced an emergency rule requiring that certain workers at health facilities in Maine be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 29, 2021.
The Governor’s decision follows discussions with Maine’s hospital systems and comes as Maine and the rest of New England experience record hospitalizations during a sustained surge of COVID-19 driven almost entirely by the Delta variant. The vast majority of people hospitalized in Maine are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of today, there are a record high 379 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine, including 117 in critical care and 60 on ventilators. There are currently 42 available intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in Maine.”