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In a statement shared on Twitter, Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

She was the first woman ever named entertainer of the year at the genres two major awards shows.

Russ HarringtonLoretta Lynn, who overcame meager beginnings to transform her country career into international fame and fortune, passed away peacefully in her

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.

In a statement shared on Twitter, Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Lynns family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Loretta Lynn, the three-time Grammy-winning country music legend who reshaped the industry and blazed a trail for countless artists, passed Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. She was 90.

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.

Loretta Lynn died in her sleep Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, at age 90, according to a statement from her family. The coal-dusted queen of country leaves behind a rent in the landscape impossible to fill.

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