The late Patsy Cline was 59 years old at the time of her death. She was born on September 8, 1932, in Winchester, Virginia, United States, and passed away on March 5, 1963, in Camden, Tennessee, United States. She was well-known as an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to cross over into pop music.
Patsy Cline husband
Cline was married twice. Her first marriage was to Gerald Cline, on March 7, 1953. His family had owned a contracting and excavating company in Frederick, Maryland. She married her second husband Charlie Dick on September 15, 1957. The pair met in 1956 while Cline was performing with a local Virginia band. At the time, Dick was a linotype operator for a local newspaper, The Winchester Star.
Patsy Cline children
Cline has two children, a son and a daughter with her second husband. Her children are namely Julie and Randy.
Patsy Cline parents
Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932, to Hilda Virginia and Samuel Lawerence Hensley. Mrs. Hensley as we address them was only 16 years old at the time of Cline’s birth. Sam Hensley had been married before.
Samuel Hensley died of lung cancer in 1956. Hensley had deserted the family in 1947. Shortly before his death, upon learning that he was gravely ill. Hilda Hensley continued living in Winchester, Virginia, following her daughter’s death. She rented out the family’s childhood home on South Kent Street and lived across the street. Cline’s mother died in 1998, 35 years after Cline’s death.
Patsy Cline siblings
Cline had four siblings in total. She had two half-siblings who lived with a foster family because of their mother’s death years before. After Cline, Hilda Hensley her mother had Samuel Jr. who was called John, and Sylvia Mae. Besides being called “Virginia” in her childhood, Cline was referred to as “Ginny”.
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