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Gordie Tapp was a Canadian entertainer, broadcaster and comedian who hosted Country Hoedown and performed on Hee Haw. He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Order of Canada and Ontario.
Dec 27, 2016 · Gordie Tapp, a regular for more than 20 years on the long-running television variety series “Hee Haw,” died on Dec. 18 in Burlington, Ontario. He was 94. His death was announced by the...
Dec 28, 2016 · BURLINGTON, Ontario (AP) — Canadian entertainer Gordie Tapp, who exercised his comedic chops as a regular on the popular American television variety series “Hee Haw,” died earlier this month at age 94, the Canadian Broadcast Corp. announced. It said he died Dec. 18 from complications of pneumonia.
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- Creating Clem
- Moving South
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Tapp started in Guelph, quickly getting pulled to Hamilton to develop an evening show in the early days of CHML. He started in radio with personalities such as Tommy Darling, Paul Hanover and member of Parliament Bob Bratina. That show, What's On Tapp, was the beginning of Tapp's career in broadcasting.
While he excelled as a radio broadcaster, his passion lay in television. His roots in country started when Tommy Darling, then director at CHML, built a country show, and asked Tapp to join. Main Street Jamboreewas born, and Tapp switched gears from jazz to country. It was a different time in broadcasting, an important time, as Bratina remembers it...
His success eventually took him — and his character Cousin Clem — south of the border to Nashville to work for CBS Television on Hee Haw. It ran until 1993 and was broadcast internationally as the longest running country variety show in U.S. television history. As both a writer and a performer on the show, Tapp continued to earn money after it ende...
Tapp retired to LaSalle retirement home in Burlington Ontario, with his wife Helen. He was still performing up to a month before his death, working on cruise ships and doing charity shows, and later visiting local retirement homes and putting on performances for residents. "He was amazing," said Thomas, who had visited the Tapps just a few weeks ag...
Tapp was known for his humour and his role as Cousin Clem on Country Hoedown and Hee Haw. He also worked for humanitarian causes and received the Order of Canada and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Gordie Tapp was a Canadian writer and actor, known for Sweet Country Music, Wild Horse Hank and Hee Haw. He died in 2016 and was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario for his charity work.
- June 4, 1922
- December 18, 2016
Dec 20, 2016 · Legacy.com reports the death of Gordie Tapp, a Canadian entertainer who played Cousin Clem on the CBS variety show “Hee Haw.” Learn about his career, awards, and family in this obituary.
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Gordie Tapp (1922-2016) was a Canadian writer and actor, best known for Hee Haw and Sweet Country Music. He was born in London, Ontario, and died in Burlington, Ontario, after a long marriage and four children.
