Violet Brumley Hensley, the celebrated Arkansas fiddle maker and musician known as the “Whittlin’ Fiddler” and “Stradivarius of the Ozarks,” has died at the age of 109. Hensley died Friday, August 7, 2026, in Yellville.…
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