Country legend Loretta Lynn has died. She was 90.
In a statement to the Associated Press, her family said, "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills."
Lynn had six children with husband Oliver Lynn, who she was married to for 48 years until his death in 1996. She is survived by four of her children.
Lynn began performing in the 1950s before finding success in the early 1960s. Her 1970 single "Coal Miner's Daughter," about her childhood in the coal-mining community of Butcher Hollow, KY, went on to inspire an autobiography (1976) and Oscar-winning biopic (1980) starring Sissy Spacek.
She remained active throughout the decades, and had a resurgence in popularity following the 2004 album Van Lear Rose, produced by Jack White.
In a statement to the Associated Press, her family said, "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills."
Lynn had six children with husband Oliver Lynn, who she was married to for 48 years until his death in 1996. She is survived by four of her children.
Lynn began performing in the 1950s before finding success in the early 1960s. Her 1970 single "Coal Miner's Daughter," about her childhood in the coal-mining community of Butcher Hollow, KY, went on to inspire an autobiography (1976) and Oscar-winning biopic (1980) starring Sissy Spacek.
She remained active throughout the decades, and had a resurgence in popularity following the 2004 album Van Lear Rose, produced by Jack White.
