Loretta Lynn, the 'Coal Miner's Daughter' whose frank songs about Appalachian womanhood made her a pillar of country music, has died at age 90.
By KRISTIN M. HALL, AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.
As a songwriter, she crafted a persona of a defiantly tough woman, a contrast to the stereotypical image of most female country singers. The Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.
Her honesty and unique place in country music was rewarded. She was the first woman ever named entertainer of the year at the genre's two major awards shows, first by the Country Music Association in 1972 and then by the Academy of Country Music three years later. In 1969, she released her autobiographical “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” which helped her reach her widest audience yet.
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