Loretta Lynn, country queen, dies

  • 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)
    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…