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Loretta Lynn, whose tales of heartbreak and poverty are among the most celebrated in the country music canon, has died aged 90.
Lynn died at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on 4 October, her family confirmed.
Beginning with 1966’s Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on
Your Mind), she topped the US country charts 16 times and was nominated for 18 Grammy awards, winning three. She recorded 60 studio albums in all.
Born Loretta Webb in a one-room rural Kentucky cabin in 1932, Lynn was one of eight siblings and the daughter of a coal miner – a fact that led to her signature song, 1970’s Coal Miner’s Daughter.
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RIP Loretta Lynn! I probably watched Coal Miners Daughters 50 times when I was growing up.
Lynn died at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on 4 October, her family confirmed.
Beginning with 1966’s Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on
Your Mind), she topped the US country charts 16 times and was nominated for 18 Grammy awards, winning three. She recorded 60 studio albums in all.
Born Loretta Webb in a one-room rural Kentucky cabin in 1932, Lynn was one of eight siblings and the daughter of a coal miner – a fact that led to her signature song, 1970’s Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Loretta Lynn, country singer of love and hardship, dies aged 90
Kentucky-born singer went from poverty and teenage marriage to becoming one of the most celebrated stars of US country
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RIP Loretta Lynn! I probably watched Coal Miners Daughters 50 times when I was growing up.
