The entire Grand Ole Opry company crowds onstage on March 9, 1963 as Opry Manager Ott Devine (at podium) delivers a message honoring five members killed in accidents last week. It was the same old rollicking show, but onlookers backstage saw through the facade. During Minnie Pearls (at Devines left) performance night, she raced offstage at the end of her act with a typical roar of laughter, then burst into tears in the wings. (AP Photo/Brian Calvert)