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Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90

The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.

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Loretta Lynn death: Stella Parton and Katie Couric lead tributes to country music icon after she dies age 90

Groundbreaking singer, whose songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia, is being remembered as an inspiration and ‘a truly immortal artist’

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Country music star Loretta Lynn dies at age 90

Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter and moonshiner's wife who became one of American country music's biggest stars and a leading feminist in the genre, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, her family said on Twitter.

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Loretta Lynn, country music icon known as the ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ dies at 90

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.

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Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter who transformed country music, dies at 90

Loretta Lynn, the firebrand singer and songwriter who transformed coal into diamonds by exploring her dirt-poor childhood in eastern Appalachia in her career-defining 1970 hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” died on Tuesday. She was 90.

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Country music star Loretta Lynn dies at age 90, AP reports

Country music star Loretta Lynn has died at age 90, her family said in a statement provided to the Associated Press on Tuesday.

Reuters

Country legend Loretta Lynn dies

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.

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Country music legend Loretta Lynn dies 'peacefully' in her sleep, family confirm

Country singer Loretta Lynn, well-known for Coal Miner's Daughter, has passed away at the age of 90 after recently asking to be buried next to her late husband Oliver Lynn

Daily Mirror

Loretta Lynn death: Country music icon dies aged 90

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia, has died aged 90.

The Independent UK

Loretta Lynn, country singer of love and hardship, dies aged 90

Kentucky-born singer went from poverty and teenage marriage to becoming one of the most celebrated stars of US country

The Guardian - UK

Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died

The Independent UK

Chicago outdoors: Grasshopper, show question, winner Joe Nega, Loretta Lynn on salmon

A fall grasshopper scene, a question on the Early Show, Chicagoan Joe Nega‘s winning bass fishing and Loreta Lynn on salmon are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I’d carry the misery around with me all day’: Sissy Spacek on acting, grief and her sci-fi debut at 72

The star of Carrie, Badlands and Coal Miner’s Daughter talks about losing her brother, working with Hollywood’s greats and infuriating Harvey Weinstein

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought I’d end up running an upholstery shop’: Jack White on the White Stripes, bar brawls and fame

As one half of the White Stripes, the Detroit musician conquered the world. He has since played in other bands, opened record shops and worked with country legend Loretta Lynn. After a busy lockdown, he is back with two new solo albums

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Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins, Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Famer, dead at 84

Grammy-winning pianist Hargus “Pig” Robbins, whose long list of collaborators included Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan, has died at age 84.

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