Country icon Loretta Lynn (“Coal Miner’s Daughter”) has died

American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn is dead. Lynn died on October 4, 2022 at the age of 90, a rep for the musician confirmed to ROLLING STONE.

“Our beloved mother, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning, October 4th, at home at her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” her family said in a statement.

With a career spanning seven decades, Lynn paved the way for generations of country singers. She established “the model of the female country star as an independent woman who stands her ground with a tireless, good-natured spirit against crooked men and good-for-nothing home demolitions,” write ROLLING STONE’s colleagues of Lynn.

Comeback by Jack White

Lynn was born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, United States. Her father, Melvin “Tedd” Webb, was a miner, which she reflected on in her hit song “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Lynn began her career as a singer in 1961, only a year later she made a guest appearance on the legendary Grand Ole Opry. What’s also notable about Lynn’s career is that she wrote most of her hits herself — and was one of the first women to make a name for herself as a songwriter in male-dominated Nashville. In total, she released 46 studio albums and two autobiographies. One of them, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ was made into a film — Sissy Spacek won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in ‘Nashville Lady,’ as the film was titled. In 2004, former White Stripes frontman Jack White helped her make a comeback. Lynn’s other hits include tracks like “Honky Tonk Girl” or “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin”.

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