[MSN] Loretta Lynn, a singer and songwriter whose rise from dire poverty in Kentucky coal country to the pinnacle of country music was chronicled in the best-selling memoir and movie "Coal Miner’s Daughter," and whose candid songs gave voice to the daily struggles of working-class women, died Oct. 4 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.
Coal Miner's Daughter and more.
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Loretta Lynn dies at age 90: The country singer behind the hit singles Coal Miner's Daughter and You Ain't Woman Enough passes away at home in Tennessee
- In a statement to the AP, Lynn's family said she died on Tuesday
- Her biggest hits came in the 1960s and '70s, including Coal Mine's Daughter
- Coal Miner´s Daughter, also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same name
- Sissy Spacek's portrayal of Lynn won her an Academy Award
- And the movie was also nominated for a Best Picture Oscar
- Lynn won many awards, such as Grammys, ACMs and CMAs
- In 2013 she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama
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