LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, an iconic singer who at one time was known as the Queen of Country Music, has died, according to a statement her family provided to The Associated Press. She was 90.
Many remember Lynn as the Coal Miner’s Daughter — a phrase that refers to a hit song and album by Lynn, as well as a movie based on her autobiography.
Born Loretta Webb in 1932 in the coal mining community of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Lynn was one of eight children in a two-room log cabin. At 15 years old, she met Army veteran Doolittle “Mooney” Lynn at a pie social, and they got married a month later.
