Forever defined by the ethos of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” — the No. 1 country hit of 1970 that lent its title to her bestselling autobiography and the 1980 film that gave Sissy Spacek an Oscar — Loretta ...

Loretta Lynn had four children by the time she was 18 years old, and four albums by the time she was 33. Fifty years later, Lynn is 83, and one of the most highly-awarded female country music singers, ...

Lynn released the song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in 1970. It went on to inspire the title of her book Coal Miner’s Daughter and a 1980 movie of the same name. With the song, Lynn details what it was ...

Loretta Lynn sang the truth. Period. Her truth? It didn't cut corners on reproductive rights or two-timing brawls. It swung open a screen door and invited listeners inside her Kentucky holler. It ...

FILE - Loretta Lynn performs at the BBC Music Showcase during South By Southwest on March 17, 2016, in Austin, Texas. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, ...

Tayla Lynn feels closest to her late "Memaw" Loretta Lynn when she sits on the front porch of her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. "If I need to feel her, if I'm feeling particularly sad or I want ...

The CMA Awards opened with a tribute to the legendary Loretta Lynn with a medley of her biggest hits. The touching tribute started with a clip of Lynn accepting the award for CMA entertainer of the ...

Loretta Lynn‘s thick songbook was charged with plenty of songs about her husband Oliver Vanetta Lynn Jr., whom she lovingly called “Doo”—short for “Doolittle”—recounting his adulterous ways on “You ...

Loretta Lynn had seven siblings: Melvin “Junior” Webb, Herman Webb, Willie “Jay” Lee Webb, Donald Ray Webb, Peggy Sue Wright, Betty Ruth Hopkins and Crystal Gayle Tony R. Phipps/FilmMagic Loretta Lynn ...