Lawrence Welk's Country Singer's Fall From The Rose Garden
Lynn
Anderson has often been called The Great
Lady of Country Music. When Anderson, who was born
in North Dakota, signed a contract with The Lawrence
Welk Show, she became the only country performer
featured on national television at the time, and
performed from 1967 to 1968. Her
hit song "Rose Garden" made Lynn an international
superstar, staying at the top chart spot for five
weeks. The album Rose Garden went platinum in the
U.S. and Lynn brought home the prestigious Grammy
Award for Best Female Vocal Performance of the Year.
She was named Female Vocalist of the Year by the
Academy of Country Music (her second) and the
Country Music Association as well as Record World's
Female Artist of the Decade.
Fall From
Rose Garden In
November 2004, Anderson was arrested in Denton,
TX after being discovered passed out in her
automobile on the shoulder of a highway. She was
released on $1,000 bail. In 2005, she was
arrested for shoplifting a Harry Potter DVD, battery
of a police officer and resisting
arrest. In 2014, Anderson was arrested following
a car accident in Nashville, TN on a DUI charge.
She pled guilty in February 2015 and received a
1 year probation sentence. Anderson passed away
from cardiac arrest in July 2015.