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Loretta Lynn

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Singer

90 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn April 14, 1932

The "First Lady of Country Music" has been fearlessly speaking her mind for six decades, tackling taboo topics from birth control to cheating husbands when Nashville's men wouldn't dare. At 90, this coal miner's daughter from Butcher Hollow has outlived most of her contemporaries and survived a stroke, multiple surgeries, and enough heartache to fill a hundred honky-tonk jukeboxes. She's living proof that Appalachian grit and sheer stubbornness can carry a woman further than anyone ever expected. (Word count: 76)

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About Loretta Lynn

The "First Lady of Country Music" has been fearlessly speaking her mind for six decades, tackling taboo topics from birth control to cheating husbands when Nashville's men wouldn't dare. At 90, this coal miner's daughter from Butcher Hollow has outlived most of her contemporaries and survived a stroke, multiple surgeries, and enough heartache to fill a hundred honky-tonk jukeboxes. She's living proof that Appalachian grit and sheer stubbornness can carry a woman further than anyone ever expected. (Word count: 76)

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