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Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932. [3] She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959).
In 1948, at the age of 15, Loretta marries 22-year-old Oliver "Mooney" (aka Doo, short for Doolittle) Lynn, becoming a mother of four by the time she is 19. The family moves to northern Washington State, where Doo works in the forest industry and Loretta sings occasionally at local honky-tonks on weekends.
Country music mourns the loss of one of its greats. Loretta Lynn, a pioneer of the industry, died at the age of 90.Her family confirmed the news with a message to her fans: "Our precious mom ...
Loretta Lynn in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 10, 2016. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Oct. 4 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.
Webb family home. Gayle was born Brenda Gail Webb in Paintsville, Kentucky on January 9, 1951. [6] She was the last of eight children born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959).
"Loretta’s mother was played by a wonderful, well-known mountain singer named Phyllis Boyens, who has passed away also," Spacek remembered in 2018. She also got to collaborate with Lynn's actual ...
Here I Am Again is the twenty-first solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn.It was released on October 2, 1972, by Decca Records. [1] The album features liner notes written by Lynn's mother, Clara Butcher, who had remarried following the death of Lynn's father, Ted Webb, in 1959.
“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the family said in a statement. They asked for ...