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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Kristin M. Hall | AP

Country legend Loretta Lynn dies

Loretta Lynn waves to the crowd after performing during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show in 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Zaleski/AP file)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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 provided to The Associated Press, Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

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