Singer Patsy Cline died in 1963 in a plane crash along with fellow country musicians Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins; she was only 30. A decade later, Cline became the first solo female artist ...

Since Cline’s death in 1963, Fudge has been the authority on all things Patsy, even though she was only 4 when her mother died. “The advantage I’ve had is the blessing of audio/visual and the stories ...

Before the plane crash that took her life, Cline was on track to be a huge star. But she wasn’t there yet, Fudge cautions. “There’s a common misconception that Patsy had all these things when, in ...

Thanks dad.” While Cline’s albums continue to sell (and got a big boost when “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and “Sweet Dreams” were in theaters), they didn’t make Fudge and her brother wealthy. “My father ...