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Jim Hager | 'Hee Haw' twin, 66

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Jim Hager, 66, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country life with cornball one-liners on TV's

Hee Haw,

died in Nashville on Thursday, the show's producer said yesterday.

Mr. Hager was at a coffee shop when he collapsed, said Sam Lovullo, who said he had been told that by Jon Hager, the surviving twin.

The Chicago-born twins, who were also guitarists and drummers, had worked with country star Buck Owens and used his connection to join

Hee Haw

when Owens signed on as the show's cohost with Roy Clark.

The Hagers left the program in the mid-'80s and continued to perform together.

- AP

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