Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Nov. 10, 1973, Tex Ritter stood on the Ryman Auditorium stage and brought David "Stringbean" Akeman to the "Grand Ole Opry." ...

It's been almost 41 years since Opry star David 'Stringbean' Akeman and his wife Estelle were murdered, and now one of the killers is about to go free. John A. Brown, who committed the crime along ...

I have been caught up in the emotional storm of opposing John Brown's parole in the 1973 murder of David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle. His parole hearing was this week. Brown was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The killer of Grand Ole Opry and “Hee Haw” comic David “Stringbean” Akeman and his wife Estelle was granted parole Wednesday after 40 years in prison. John A. Brown, 64, was ...

Akeman was born in Jackson County, Ky., in 1915, and he grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry, the Nashville radio program that featured country musicians like Uncle Dave Macon, who would become ...

One of the men convicted for the 1973 murder of Grand Ole Opry star David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife has been granted parole. Sixty-four-year-old John A. Brown appeared before the Tennessee ...

The man who murdered Grand Ole Opry star David 'Stringbean' Akeman and his wife in 1973 spent Wednesday morning explaining how he's changed after 40 years in prison. John A. Brown now wants to be ...

The killer of Grand Ole Opry and "Hee Haw" comic David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, is being released from prison after spending 40 years behind bars. WTVF-TV reports 64-year-old John A.

It's still hard for Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard to think back on that night in 1973 when her close friends "Opry" star David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife were shot dead by robbers at ...

The man who murdered Opry star David 'Stringbean' Akeman and his wife in 1973 appeared before parole board members on Wednesday (April 23) to ask to be released. John A. Brown and his cousin, Doug ...

Editor's note: Peter Cooper's reporting on the 1973 killing of David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, is being republished on the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths. On Nov. 10, 1973, Tex ...