Photos: Remembering Loretta Lynn, 1932-2022
Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at her home in Tennessee. She was 90.
Loretta Lynn, the "Coal Miner's Daughter" whose frank songs about Appalachian womanhood made her a pillar of country music, has died at age 90.
A mother multiple times over by the end of her teens, Lynn gave voice to those who historically had little control over childbirth and their own sexuality.