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Remembering Bonnie Owens (October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006), born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard. Bonnie Campbell was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma.She met Buck Owens when she was only 15. They played in a band in Mesa, Arizona, married in 1948, and moved to Bakersfield, California by 1951. They later divorced, but the move to Bakersfield jump-started both their music careers. Bonnie Owens's first recording was A Dear Joh

Merle Haggard with Bonnie Owens in 1978.mpg