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Bonnie Owens (October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006), born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard.

Born Bonnie Campbell on October 1, 1929, in Oklahoma City to a pair of sharecroppers and one of eight children, she first met Buck in the mid-'40s when he had a local daily 15-minute radio show. Once Buck discovered that Bonnie could sing, he helped her get a job with him on another radio show in 1947. The following January, Buck and Bonnie married, but the union was short-lived.

By 1951, after giving birth to two sons, the marriage was over. Since neither could afford a divorce, they stayed legally married, but separated, for several years. Bonnie and the two boys left for Bakersfield, where she worked as a cocktail waitress. It was during this period that Bonnie met Fuzzy Owen and guitarist Roy Nichols, who would be instrumental in the career of Haggard.

Owens recorded on numerous labels during the 1950s and early 1960s, including Merle Haggard’s and Fuzzy Owen's own Tally label, all of which were

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Bonnie Owens, 76; Singer and Ex-Wife of 2 Country Stars

Bonnie Owens, a cocktail waitress-turned-singer who was married at different times to country music giants Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, died Monday in Bakersfield after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 76.

Her death came four weeks after that of Buck Owens, but she may have been too deeply gripped by Alzheimer’s to know that he was gone, according to Jim Shaw, a close family friend.

A couple of years ago, Bonnie was brought to Buck’s birthday party at his Crystal Palace nightclub in Bakersfield and was coaxed onstage for a duet with him, recalled Shaw, a longtime keyboard player for Buck Owens and His Buckaroos.

“It was then that Buck realized that what was happening to her was for real,” Shaw said of her illness. “She got up there and didn’t know the words to her own songs. She had the same radiant smile, the same sparkling eyes -- she looked just like the Bonnie we’d all known -- but Buck was devastated.”

An award-winning entertainer in her own right, Bonnie Owens was a midwife at the birth of the

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Bonnie Owens

American country music singer-songwriter (1924–2006)

Bonnie Owens

Birth name	Bonnie Campbell
Born	(1929-10-01)October 1, 1929 Blanchard, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	April 24, 2006(2006-04-24) (aged 76)
Genres	Country
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1949–1981
Labels	Tally Capitol

Musical artist

Bonnie Owens (born Bonnie Campbell; October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006)^[1] was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard.

Biography

She was born Bonnie Campbell in Blanchard, Oklahoma, United States.^[1] She met Buck Owens when she was 15. They played in a band in Mesa, Arizona, and married in 1948.^[1] They were the parents of musician Buddy Alan.^[2] They moved to Bakersfield, California, by 1951 and started music careers. They divorced in 1953.^[3]

Bonnie Owens's first recording was "A Dear John Letter", a duet with Fuzzy Owen on Mar-Vel Records (#MV-102) in 1953.^[4]