Country music iconLoretta Lynn has diedat the age of 90.
Throughout her decades as a genre-defining country singer, Lynn maintained powerful friendships with her female contemporaries.
Up until Patsy Cline’s tragic death in 1963, Lynn was her close friend and confidant.
Lynn’s daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell, was even named after Cline.
The “Honky Tonk” singer also had a close relationship with country superstarDolly Parton.
We talk the same hillbilly language" (viaAmerican Songwriter).
“Happy 90th birthday to the Queen of Country!”
