Lulu Roman facts for kids
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Lulu Roman
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Lulu performing in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bertha Louise Hable |
| Born | May 6, 1946 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 2025 (aged 78) Bellingham, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Christian, Country, Southern gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Christian Recording Artist, Actress, Comedienne |
| Years active | 1969–2025 |
| Labels | Homesick Entertainment/Son of Jessie/Daywind |
| Associated acts | Hee Haw, Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl |
Bertha Louise Hable (May 6, 1946 – April 23, 2025), known as Lulu Roman, was an American comedian, singer, and author. She was known as a regular on the comedy-music show Hee Haw, which ran from 1969 to 1993.
Roman was born with a thyroid dysfunction in a maternity home and placed in Buckner Orphans Home. She attended W. W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Texas, graduating in 1964. Following high school, she worked in Dallas-area nightclubs. Among her fans was country star Buck Owens, who would later recommend her to Hee-Haw's producers.
During her stint on Hee Haw, she went through a number of health issues, which resulted in her absence from the program for a few seasons starting in 1971. She converted to Christianity, after which she began singing. This led to a career as a singer of Southern Gospel music; Roman has recorded over a dozen albums, although she never trained as a singer. In 1985, Roman won a Dove Award and in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame with fellow artists Andy Griffith, Barbara Mandrell, David L. Cook, Gary S. Paxton, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Snow, and Jody Miller.
Roman continued to perform music and stand-up comedy and also enjoyed working with Compassion International, a child-development organization. Her project Seven Times hit the number two spot on the Cash Box chart in 2010.
An album of musical standards titled At Last was released on January 15, 2013. The album, produced by Chris Barnes and Larry Ferguson for Homesick Entertainment, featured duets with Dolly Parton, T. Graham Brown, Linda Davis, and George Jones.
Among Roman's other acting credits were the Hee-Haw spinoff Hee Haw Honeys, the stock car racing film Corky, and episodes of The Love Boat and Touched by an Angel.
In 2019, Roman published her autobiography, "This Is My Story; This Is My Song."
Roman died on April 23, 2025, in Bellingham, Washington.
