Loretta Lynn, Country Music Legend, Has Died Aged 90 | HuffPost UK Entertainment
The Grammy-winning star was known for her frank and honest approach to songwriting, which made her an icon of the country music scene.
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The Grammy-winning star was known for her frank and honest approach to songwriting, which made her an icon of the country music scene.
A family statement shared online said the songwriter died peacefully in her sleep this morning.
The Kentucky singer and "Coal Miner's Daughter" broke new ground for women in music.
Loretta Lynn’s bold and open-hearted voice cut through the din of the honky tonk, the distortion of the AM radio dial and the oppressive silence that protected post-War sexism. That voice was silenced on Tuesday morning when the iconic artist died at the age of 90 at her home in Hurricane Mills, TN, but she leaves a legacy of candor, empathy, courage and resilience that influenced American music and culture as much as any singer-songwriter born in the 20th century.
Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female artist in country music history, died Tuesday at 90.