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. He had told Don he would make him vice president and take care ofhim, Jo McFadden said, then nothing. It was just another part of his life onwhich Buck had slammed the door, just as he had with Jo after Jack died.Josaid, I don t think he said two words to me after that. 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 29656TOGETHER AGAINiBuck closed out the 1990s by performing with his saddle pal, Dwight Yoakam,in a concert at the Crystal Palace.On June 28, 2001, he received anothercareer accolade, the Country Radio Broadcasters Career AchievementAward.Brad Paisley and Billy Yates were among the artists who performedsome of Buck s hits at the Nashville ceremony.In 2001, everybody was shocked when Buck filed for divorce from Jen-nifer.They d been married for more than twenty years and together for morethan thirty.Doyle Holly, Jay Dee Maness, and Jim Shaw were all of the beliefthat Jennifer was the one who wanted out; Doyle had heard that it hadn tbeen a marriage for the last twelve years because Jennifer was gone most ofthe time doing horse shows.But Jennifer s friend Jo McFadden said that wasnot true. Jennifer loved Buck.He got rid of his wife and was gonna marrythis other girl.No, she didn t leave him.It was a battle. Even at age seventy-two, Buck was simply not the type of man who couldbe happy with one long-term love in his life.In May 2000, he had begunsecuring control of his sizable holdings by moving everything, including theranch where he and Jennifer lived, into a revocable trust of which he was theconservator/trustee.This way, his wife would be unable to liquidate any ofhis assets, and he could keep his affairs out of the public eye.His lawyers advised him to keep a low profile, so unlike during hisattempted annulment with Jana, there wasn t much in the press.But he toldthe San Diego Union-Tribune it was the nastiest divorce you ve ever seen. Friends said their prenuptial agreement gave Jennifer $10,000 a month insupport until the divorce was final.296i j 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 297TOGETHER AGAIN 297iDuring all this, Buck shamelessly pursued a young, dark-haired woman hehad met briefly at a Family Feud taping with the Dixie Chicks earlier thatyear.The personal ad that the aging horn dog placed in several publicationsread, in part, Buck has lost contact and would like you to call.Please call.Extremely Important. Spokesman Jim Shaw said nothing ever came of thisstunt.Buck then took up with a woman twenty-five years his junior whom hemet at the Crystal Palace that year.The woman, Karen Rotan, tooled aroundin a black 1998 Jaguar Buck had given her.Buck s divorce from Jennifer was finalized in 2002.The terms of the set-tlement are not known, but Buck gained control over the thoroughbred horseoperation, which had been Jennifer s.Jennifer still owns some horses, how-ever, because in 2003 her horse Just Plain Star was a finalist in the NationalReined Cow Horse Association s Greatest Horseman competition, sponsoredby Western Horseman magazine.In his final years, Buck lived at his ranch with his new lover, Karen.She told the Bakersfield Californian, It was kind of like being with Elvis.I d heard stories about Linda Thompson.Buck was kinda like, That s you.I always teased him that we were in love with the same person: him. In 2006he gave her a $68,000, nine-carat diamond promise ring.He didn t get achance to keep or break that promise, though, because just two days later,he passed away.hBuck spent the last day of his life, March 24, 2006, driving around, inspect-ing the ranch he loved, before having his son Johnny drive him to the Crys-tal Palace around 4 P.M.Buck noodled on his guitar in preparation for hisshow that night and ordered french fries and a chicken fried steak.After din-ner, Buck wasn t feeling so well; he told the band he was going home.On hisway out the door, fans on their way in told him they d come from Bend, Ore-gon, and how much they were looking forward to hearing him sing, JimShaw told the Los Angeles Times.So Buck went back inside and did the show.He mentioned onstage, If somebody s come all that way, I m gonna do theshow and give it my best shot, Jim said. 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 298298 BUCK OWENSiBuck s last song that night was Big in Vegas, which he usually closed hisshow with.Then he went home and fell asleep forever.On March 25, 2006,forty years to the day after Buck Owens and his Buckaroos played CarnegieHall, Buck was gone.Karen told Doyle Holly that Buck died about 3:30 A.M., and that shecalled 911 and tried to resuscitate him to no avail.She told Doyle no oneshowed up until 8 A.M.to take his body to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital,where he was pronounced dead.Heart failure was cited as the cause ofdeath [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. He had told Don he would make him vice president and take care ofhim, Jo McFadden said, then nothing. It was just another part of his life onwhich Buck had slammed the door, just as he had with Jo after Jack died.Josaid, I don t think he said two words to me after that. 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 29656TOGETHER AGAINiBuck closed out the 1990s by performing with his saddle pal, Dwight Yoakam,in a concert at the Crystal Palace.On June 28, 2001, he received anothercareer accolade, the Country Radio Broadcasters Career AchievementAward.Brad Paisley and Billy Yates were among the artists who performedsome of Buck s hits at the Nashville ceremony.In 2001, everybody was shocked when Buck filed for divorce from Jen-nifer.They d been married for more than twenty years and together for morethan thirty.Doyle Holly, Jay Dee Maness, and Jim Shaw were all of the beliefthat Jennifer was the one who wanted out; Doyle had heard that it hadn tbeen a marriage for the last twelve years because Jennifer was gone most ofthe time doing horse shows.But Jennifer s friend Jo McFadden said that wasnot true. Jennifer loved Buck.He got rid of his wife and was gonna marrythis other girl.No, she didn t leave him.It was a battle. Even at age seventy-two, Buck was simply not the type of man who couldbe happy with one long-term love in his life.In May 2000, he had begunsecuring control of his sizable holdings by moving everything, including theranch where he and Jennifer lived, into a revocable trust of which he was theconservator/trustee.This way, his wife would be unable to liquidate any ofhis assets, and he could keep his affairs out of the public eye.His lawyers advised him to keep a low profile, so unlike during hisattempted annulment with Jana, there wasn t much in the press.But he toldthe San Diego Union-Tribune it was the nastiest divorce you ve ever seen. Friends said their prenuptial agreement gave Jennifer $10,000 a month insupport until the divorce was final.296i j 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 297TOGETHER AGAIN 297iDuring all this, Buck shamelessly pursued a young, dark-haired woman hehad met briefly at a Family Feud taping with the Dixie Chicks earlier thatyear.The personal ad that the aging horn dog placed in several publicationsread, in part, Buck has lost contact and would like you to call.Please call.Extremely Important. Spokesman Jim Shaw said nothing ever came of thisstunt.Buck then took up with a woman twenty-five years his junior whom hemet at the Crystal Palace that year.The woman, Karen Rotan, tooled aroundin a black 1998 Jaguar Buck had given her.Buck s divorce from Jennifer was finalized in 2002.The terms of the set-tlement are not known, but Buck gained control over the thoroughbred horseoperation, which had been Jennifer s.Jennifer still owns some horses, how-ever, because in 2003 her horse Just Plain Star was a finalist in the NationalReined Cow Horse Association s Greatest Horseman competition, sponsoredby Western Horseman magazine.In his final years, Buck lived at his ranch with his new lover, Karen.She told the Bakersfield Californian, It was kind of like being with Elvis.I d heard stories about Linda Thompson.Buck was kinda like, That s you.I always teased him that we were in love with the same person: him. In 2006he gave her a $68,000, nine-carat diamond promise ring.He didn t get achance to keep or break that promise, though, because just two days later,he passed away.hBuck spent the last day of his life, March 24, 2006, driving around, inspect-ing the ranch he loved, before having his son Johnny drive him to the Crys-tal Palace around 4 P.M.Buck noodled on his guitar in preparation for hisshow that night and ordered french fries and a chicken fried steak.After din-ner, Buck wasn t feeling so well; he told the band he was going home.On hisway out the door, fans on their way in told him they d come from Bend, Ore-gon, and how much they were looking forward to hearing him sing, JimShaw told the Los Angeles Times.So Buck went back inside and did the show.He mentioned onstage, If somebody s come all that way, I m gonna do theshow and give it my best shot, Jim said. 01(001-308)body:sisk 5/21/10 10:52 AM Page 298298 BUCK OWENSiBuck s last song that night was Big in Vegas, which he usually closed hisshow with.Then he went home and fell asleep forever.On March 25, 2006,forty years to the day after Buck Owens and his Buckaroos played CarnegieHall, Buck was gone.Karen told Doyle Holly that Buck died about 3:30 A.M., and that shecalled 911 and tried to resuscitate him to no avail.She told Doyle no oneshowed up until 8 A.M.to take his body to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital,where he was pronounced dead.Heart failure was cited as the cause ofdeath [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]