Loretta Lynn waves to the crowd after performing during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show Sept. 17, 2014. She died Tuesday at her home. She was 90. (MARK ZALESKI/Associated Press)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has…
