Canadian actor-writer Don Harron, who starred on 'Hee Haw,' dies at age 90
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TORONTO – Don Harron,
who entertained TV audiences in Canada and the U.S. with his comic alter ego
Charlie Farquharson and helped bring the classic Canadian novel "Anne of
Green Gables" to the stage, has died. He was 90.
Harron's eldest daughter Martha said her father died
Saturday morning surrounded by family at his Toronto home after choosing not to
seek treatment for cancer.
Harron introduced his Farquharson character — a country
bumpkin from rural Ontario — on a CBC television revue in 1952. He went on to
perform as Farquharson on the U.S. TV variety show "Hee Haw" from
1969-82.
Harron helped create a musical version of "Anne"
for a CBC TV production in 1955, which was adapted nine years later into an
on-stage version.
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