Country music is mourning the loss of an icon.
Singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn, who rose to the top of the charts after her humble beginnings in coal country in Kentucky, has passed away at her home in Hurricane Hills, Tennessee. Many of Lynn’s most memorable songs celebrated her Kentucky roots and were rendered in an unmistakable Appalachian twang.
Lynn was the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award, in 1972. She’s also credited with helping redefine and broaden the appeal of country music.
Her biggest hits came in the 1960s and ’70s, including “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “The Pill,” “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” “Rated X” and “You’re Looking at Country.”
Lynn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama in 2013. At the time Obama called her the “rule-breaking, record-setting queen of country music” who “gave voice to a generation, singing what no one wanted to talk about and saying what no one wanted to think about.”
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My husband felt my first child kick in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” when I was five months along with our daughter. It was a magical moment and one of my absolute favorite movies! My daughter is 41 now. Loretta is one of those legends you think will live forever. RIP, dear Loretty as your beloved father used to call you!
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