Loretta Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky on April 14, 1932, and lived until October 4, 2022. She was an American country music singer and songwriter.
In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as: “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl”, “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)”, “One’s on the Way”, “Fist City”, and “Coal Miner’s Daughter”.
In 1980, the film Coal Miner’s Daughter was made based on her life.
She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie “Clary” who was born on May 5, 1912, and lived until November 24, 1981, and Melvin Theodore “Ted” Webb born June 6, 1906, and lived until February 22, 1959.
Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. The family claims Cherokee heritage but they are not recognized by or members of a tribe.
She was named after the film star Loretta Young. The other Webb children were:
How many of Loretta Lynn’s children are still alive?
Loretta and Oliver Lynn had six children together, four of whom are still alive, including twin daughters Peggy Jean and Patsy Eileen, born on August 6, 1964. They were named after Lynn’s sister, Peggy Sue Wright, and her friend, Patsy Cline.
Lynn’s eldest daughter, Betty Sue was born on November 26, 1948, and died of complications associated with emphysema on 29 July 2013.
The second child and eldest son, Jack Benny Lynn, born December 7, 1949, was found deceased on July 24, 1984, after going missing whilst horse riding on his mother’s Hurricane Mills ranch.
Additionally, Loretta’s third and fourth children are Ernest Ray Lynn, born May 27, 1951, and Clara Marie “Cissie” Lynn, born less than a year later on April 7, 1952.
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