Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn née Webb April 14 1932 October 4 2022 was an American country music singer and songwriter In a career spanning six decades Lynn released multiple gold albums She had numerous hits such as Hey Loretta The Pill Blue Kentucky Girl Love Is the Foundation Youre Lookin at Country You Aint Woman Enough Im a Honky Tonk Girl Dont Come Home ADrinkin With Lovin on Your Mind Ones on the Way Fist City and Coal Miners Daughter The 1980 musical film Coal Miners Daughter was based on her life Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist She was nominated 18 times for a Grammy Award and won three times As of 2022 Lynn was the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade the 1970s Lynn scored 24 No 1 hit singles and 11 numberone albums She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018 Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow Kentucky on April 14 1932 She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie Clary née Ramey May 5 1912 November 24 1981 and Melvin Theodore Ted Webb June 6 1906 February 22 1959 Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer The family claims Cherokee heritage but they are not recognized by or members of a tribe She was named after the film star Loretta Young The other Webb children were Melvin Junior Webb December 4 1929 July 2 1993 Herman Webb September 3 1934 July 28 2018 Willie Jay Lee Webb February 12 1937 July 31 1996 Donald Ray Webb April 2 1941 October 13 2017 Peggy Sue Wright née Webb born March 25 1943 Betty Ruth Hopkins née Webb born January 5 1946 Crystal Gayle born Brenda Gail Webb January 9 1951 Lorettas father Ted died at the age of 52 from a stroke four years after relocating with her mother and younger siblings to Wabash Indiana He had also been battling black lung disease at the time of his death Through her matriline Lynn was distant cousins with country singer Patty Loveless Source Article Loretta Lynn from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30