Rose Garden singer Lynn Anderson dies at 67 - Telegraph.co.uk
She made television appearances with such stars as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, John Wayne and Tom Jones and she performed for presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan. She was also in episodes of the TV show "Starsky and Hutch" and in the 1982 TV movie "Country Gold. Anderson's other hits included, "Rocky Top," "You're My Man," "How Can I Unlove You," "What a Man, My Man Is" and "Top of the World" (also recorded by the Carpenters). She returned briefly to the country Top 10 with a Gary Morris duet in 1983, "You're Welcome to Tonight. Country star Reba McEntire lauded her accomplishments Thursday. "She did so much for the females in country music," McEntire said in a statement. Dolly Parton also said she'd be missed. We will miss her and remember her fondly," Parton said in a statement. The daughter of country songwriters Casey and Liz Anderson, she started performing at the age of 6. Anderson was an award-winning equestrian as a teenager, voted California Horse Show Queen in 1966. In her later years she lived in Taos, New... A Taos judge issued a restraining order in 1995 against Anderson after her boyfriend said she had threatened him following the end of their 12-year relationship. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
