Country music star Loretta Lynn dies aged 90

Country music star Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90.

Her family said she passed away at her “beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills” in Tennessee.

“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home,” said a statement.

As a mother of four at the time, Lynn launched her career in the early 1960s, her songs reflecting her pride in her rural and poor upbringing in Kentucky, but also tackling subjects such as sex and love, cheating husbands, fighting other women, divorce, and birth control.

Her forthright lyrics in songs such as The Pill and Rated X even led to some radio stations banning the songs.

“It was what I wanted to hear and what I knew other women wanted to hear, too,” she told the Associated Press news agency in an interview in 2016. “I didn’t write for the men; I wrote for us women. And the men loved it, too.”

Lynn sold more than 45 million records worldwide, her biggest hits including You Ain’t Woman Enough, Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind), You’re Looking At Country and Coal Miner’s Daughter, referencing her own background living in a mountain cabin with seven brothers and sisters.