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The country music matriarch, who died Tuesday at the age of 90, leaves behind a legacy of hard truths sung sweetly

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LOS ANGELES — Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Mickey Guyton, Sheryl Crow, LeAnn Rimes and other women in country music led an outpouring of tributes to trailblazing singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday at age 90 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

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Loretta Lynn, the country star known for hits like “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “The Pill,” died Tuesday at age 90

Country singer and songwriter who was the defiant voice of the ordinary woman over a career that spanned six decades

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, a country music icon who was once known as the Queen of Country Music, has died at 90.

Loretta, whose songs about life and love made her a music legend, was surrounded by family when she passed away.

Her music reflected her pride in her humble background and spoke frankly of her experiences as a woman and mother.

Loretta Lynn was a mother of four when she launched her career in the early 1960s

The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.