Question: is fuzzy owens still alive?
Answer: Charles “Fuzzy” Owen, who with his cousin Lewis Tally signed Merle Haggard to his first recording contract in 1962, has died. Owen, who was 91, became Haggard's lifelong friend and closest confidant, and he was Haggard's manager for decades. The Arkansas native had lived in Bakersfield since at least 1949.