Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country music icon, dies at 90
“I would have given anything in the world if (my father) would have been here when I recorded 'Coal Miner’s Daughter,' but I think he hears me,” Lynn said in 2018. “And one day I will sing it for him.”
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| Loretta Lynn performs on "The Ed Sullivan Show", on Oct. 7, 1970, in Memphis, Tenn. CBS via Getty Images |
