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Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about subjects others didn’t

Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about subjects others didn’t

Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about subjects others didn’t

The then-ascendant guitar hero helped a legendary singer find her voice once again, and create the most critically and commercially successful album of her lengthy career

Celebrate the life and legacy of Loretta Lynn in this special program detailing her hard-fought road to stardom and struggles to balance family and music. Tune in or livestream ‘Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl’ Fri, Oct. 7 at 8pm on WSIU TV.

White produced Lynn's 2004 album 'Van Lear Rose.'

Rising Irish star CMAT has paid tribute to country singer Loretta Lynn following her death aged 90.

Loretta Lynn, née Loretta Webb, (born April 14, 1932, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, U.S.—died October 4, 2022, Hurricane Mills, Tennessee), American country music singer who was known as the “Queen of Country.” Loretta Webb was born in a coal miner’s shack. (Although she claimed 1935 as her birth year, various official documents indicate that she was born in 1932.) She married Oliver Lynn in January 1948 and bore the first of six children the next year. In 1960 she released her first singl...

Lynn, who died Oct. 4, grew up in poverty in eastern Kentucky and went on to have 16 No. 1 hits. Her life story was portrayed in the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter. Originally broadcast in 2010.

A "Coal Miners Daughter" born in Kentucky, Loretta Lynn became the most culturally significant female singer-songwriter in country music history.