for the physically and mentally handicapped in Oceanside, California. By the 1990s, she owned a restaurant and night club in Oceanside, known as The Molly Bee. She was quoted as having said, "I've done it all, and lived to tell about it." She remembered working with "incredible people and always into where the action was. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Mine has been like six lifetimes rolled into one." Personal life Bee was married at least five times—she called herself "the Zsa Zsa Gabor of the country music set." She had two daughters, Lia Genn and Bobbi Carey, and one son, Michael Allen. Her marriage to country singer Ira Allen lasted 10 years. Death Bee, who in her later years went by Molly Muncy offstage, died on February 7, 2009, at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside from complications following a stroke. She was 69 years old and lived in Carlsbad, California. In addition to her son, Michael Allen of Napa, California, Bee was survived by daughters, Lia Genn of Winchester, California, and Bobbi Carey of Oceanside; a brother, Robert Beachboard of Escondido, California (died 2012); and four grandchildren. Discography Albums Singles References External links [ Molly Bee] bio at allmusic.com 1939 births 2009 deaths American child singers American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Liberty Records artists MGM Records artists Capitol Records artists 20th-century American singers People from Bell Buckle, Tennessee Musicians from Tucson, Arizona Singer-songwriters from Tennessee 20th-century American women singers Country musicians from Tennessee Country musicians from Arizona 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Arizona