She was only 11 months younger than Loretta’s twin daughters." Lynn Massey, right, the eldest grandchild of the late Loretta Lynn, left, has died after a "long and difficult health battle ...

However, Loretta Lynn dared to challenge the status quo with “The Pill”. It’s just that she did it at the perfect time in her career. Country music wouldn’t even think of ostracizing her then.

F irst it was an album in 1971, then an autobiography in 1976 and later a feature film in 1980. Now the story of country music icon and Eastern Kentucky-born singer Loretta Lynn will be celebrated ...