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Although inevitable, still incredibly sad. Loretta Lynn has passed away. The country music legend, who’s well-known throughout the world, died this morning (October 4) in her sleep at her ranch home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, according to the press release from her children. Born Loretta Webb in the back hills and hollers of eastern Kentucky, her life was a rough one before success found her in 1962. Even after she became famous her life was filled with tragedy: the death of a son in a drowning accident, the loss of her dear friend and mentor Patsy Cline in a plane crash, the abuse and infidelity of her husband, and just recently, the death of the manager of her ranch in a flood. She endured with the tenacity that fueled songs like “You Ain’t Woman Enough (to Take My Man),” “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’,” and the controversial “The Pill.” Along the way she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Additionally, she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The biopic based on her autobiography, Coal Miner’s Daughter, won an Oscar for Sissy Spacek (who was personally chosen by Lynn for the role). She leaves four children, 27 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren, as well as a world full of fans and people who admire the daylights out of her. Loretta Lynn was 90. Her iconic autobiographical song “Coal Miner’s Daughter”: