Obituary
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter and Country Star, Dies at 90
- She became a music star after growing up in rural poverty
- First woman named country music’s entertainer of the year
Loretta Lynn, the coal miner’s daughter who became a country-music star by writing and singing songs about working-class women standing up for themselves, has died. She was 90.
She died on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, the Associated Press reported, citing a statement from her family.