Loretta Lynn: Country music legend and coal miner's daughter star dies aged 90Source: Getty ImagesLynn’s family said in a statement that she died on Tuesday, October 4, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Born Loretta Webb in the remote Appalachian mountain village of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, she was the second of eight children. “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the family said in a statement. Her early life revolved around the coal mine where her father toiled and the church where she learned to sing. That hardscrabble beginning helped lay the groundwork for her status as the voice of working-class women — most famously through her signature 1970 hit, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,”.

Source: The Star October 04, 2022 18:03 UTC