When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.

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Final years
Pearl suffered a serious stroke in June 1991 bringing her performing career to an end. The success of her debut on the show began an association with the Grand Ole Opry that continued for more than 50 years. "
Cannon portrayed Minnie Pearl for many years on television first on ABC's Ozark Jubilee in the late 1950s; then on the long-running television series Hee Haw both on CBS and the subsequent syndicated version.