Speedy Haworth

Born: May 16, 1922 - Died: February 26, 2008. One of several KWTO performers who made the transition to television when Springfield's KYTV produced Ozark Jubilee beginning in December 1953. The program moved to ABC-TV in 1955 and introduced Haworth to a national television audience, where he played lead guitar and remained for the program's nearly six-year run. A featured cast member of ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee from 1955–1960 and is a member of the Missouri Country Music Hall of Fame. Also appeared on NBC-TV's Five Star Jubilee in 1961. Beginning in 1964, he appeared on The Slim Wilson Show on KYTV as a member of the Tall Timber Trio with Wilson and Bob White. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and was in hospice care for several weeks before his death on February 26, 2008.