Loretta Lynn passed away aged 90

hellomagazine.com:

Loretta Lynn. The singer passed away aged 90.MORE: Carrie Underwood teases unexpected new look ahead of Denim & Rhinestones tourIn a statement provided to The Associated Press, her family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.She was considered a country music queen, and her songs about love and being a woman of rural America in the 1950s and 1960s changed the way women were perceived within the country music industry and genre.WATCH: Country stars come out for CMA FestMORE: Miranda Lambert gives fans insight into special flaming Las Vegas jacketHer incredible life story was told in the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter, named after her hit 1971 song of the same name, in which she sings: "Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughter.

In a cabin, on a hill in Butcher Holler. We were poor but we had love."Her family's statement read: "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills." Some of her hit songs included Coal Miner's Daughter, You Ain't Woman Enough, and I'm a Honky Tonk GirlAsking for privacy as they mourn her passing, they said her memorial would be announced later on.MORE: Ashley Judd details how family is 'grieving together' after mom Naomi Judd's deathMORE: Luke Bryan shares personal family news that may disrupt his careerLoretta was famously married to Oliver Lynn from 1948 until he died in 1996, having married when they were 16 and 22, respectively, and their tumultuous relationship was documented in both her songs as well as in the film about her life, in which she was portrayed by Sissy Spacek and her husband by Tommy Lee Jones.