K.T. Oslin, a multiplatinum country singer-songwriter who won three Grammys including one for her breakout single “’80s Ladies,” died today.
She was 78. She had been battling Parkinson’s diseases and living in an assisted care facility for several years and recently was diagnosed with Covid-19.
No official cause of death was announced.Oslin was a rare female late bloomer in the country music industry. She finally hit in 1987 with the top 10 country hit “’80s Ladies” when she was 45 — some 23 years after making her first record.
She followed it up with the chart-topping country smashes “Do Ya” and “I’ll Always Come Back,” all of which were from her RCA album ’80s Ladies.
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