Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14, 1932). Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, near Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 15 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Vanetta Lynn, Jr. (1926-1996), nicknamed "Doo". Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he had affairs and she was ... More

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  • Apr 14, 1935 (age 77 years)

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  • Lorettal Lynn,
  • Lynn, Loretta,
  • Loretta Webb,
  • The Coal Miner's Daughter,
  • Country Music's First Girl Singer,
  • The First Lady of Country Music

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