The 1976 book (and its 1980 film adaptation) helped the world see the country star’s remarkable resilience. The writer who worked by her side remembers his one-of-a-kind collaborator. By George ...

In 1948, she married Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn, who was also the singer’s manager. (In Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta claimed she was 13 when she married Lynn, though in 2012 the Associated ...

Loretta Lynn, who rose from an impoverished childhood ... succeeded it at the pinnacle. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the autobiographical song that gave her memoir its title, reached No. 1 ...

An all-star cast will be at the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. CT, as CMT and Sandbox Productions will air "Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life of Loretta Lynn." Loretta Lynn ...

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs ... “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same name.

Loretta Lynn ... s "Don't Come Home a' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," 1968's "Fist City," 1969's "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)," and the autobiographical "Coal Miner's Daughter ...

Loretta Lynn, the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, has died. She was 90. Lynn’s family said in a ...

Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble ... make a poor man’s dollar,” she sang. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same ...

In 1980, when the book was made into an Oscar-winning ... Lynn also participated in the 2010 multi-artist album "Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn." That album found Reba McEntire ...

Loretta Lynn, a singer and songwriter ... but it eventually became a Top 5 country hit. Ms. Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” spent only one week at No. 1 after its release in 1970, but ...

The singer, from rural Kentucky, first rose to success in the 1960s. Country music icon Loretta Lynn, best known for songs such as "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My ...

Loretta Lynn, the country music icon who groundbreaking songs dealt candidly with poverty, women’s struggles and, in the great song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” her own life, died Tuesday at ...