Country music star Loretta Lynn dies aged 90
msn.comLoretta Lynn has died at the age of 90. The country music icon - who sold more than 45 million albums during her career - passed away at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on Tuesday (04.
10. 22). Her family said in a statement: "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills. " Lynn emerged from humble beginnings in life to become one of the most celebrated country stars of all time, topping the US country charts 16 times and earning 18 Grammy nominations.
The singer was born in a one-room cabin in rural Kentucky and was one of eight siblings. At the age of 15, she married 21-year-old Oliver Lynn and the couple remained together for 48 years, despite his struggles with alcoholism.
Lynn began writing her own songs when she was a housewife and she eventually released her debut single, 'I’m a Honky-Tonk Girl', in 1960.
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