Editing Loretta Lynn (section)

==Personal life==
===Marriage===
On January 10, 1948, 15-year-old Loretta Webb married 21-year-old Oliver Vanetta Lynn Jr. (August 27, 1926 – August 22, 1996), better known as "Doolittle", "Doo", or "Mooney".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinley Jr. |first=James |date=2012-05-21 |title=Report Says Loretta Lynn Was All of 15, Not 13, When She Married |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/report-says-loretta-lynn-was-all-of-15-not-13-when-she-married/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schreiner |first=Bruce |date=2012-05-19 |title='Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/coal-miners-daughter-lynn-married-15-not-13-075914978.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519101606/https://news.yahoo.com/coal-miners-daughter-lynn-married-15-not-13-075914978.html |archive-date=2012-05-19 |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=AP}}</ref> They had met only a month earlier. The Lynns left Kentucky and moved to the northwest Washington state logging community of [[Custer, Washington|Custer]] when Lynn was seven months pregnant with the first of their six children.<ref name="Associated Press"></ref> The happiness and heartache of her early years of marriage would help to inspire Lynn's songwriting.<ref name=Grashey></ref> They were married for almost 50 years until his death in 1996 at age 69. In her 2002 autobiography, ''[[Still Woman Enough]]'', and in an interview with [[CBS News]] the same year, she recounted how her husband cheated on her regularly and once left her while she was giving birth.<ref name="CBS">{{Cite news |date=December 27, 2002 |title=Legends: Loretta Lynn Tells All |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/legends-loretta-lynn-tells-all/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102005240/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/10/48hours/main508640.shtml |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |quote=Her autobiography recounts how once, in a drunken rage, he smashed many jars full of vegetables she had painstakingly canned.}}</ref> Lynn stated she and her husband fought frequently, but that "he never hit me one time that I didn't hit him back twice." Loretta said that her marriage was "one of the hardest love stories".{{Sfn | Lynn | 2002}}{{Page needed |date=January 2015}} In one of her autobiographies, she recalled:
{{cquote|I married Doo when I wasn't but a child, and he was my life from that day on. But as important as my youth and upbringing was, there's something else that made me stick to Doo. He thought I was something special, more special than anyone else in the world, and never let me forget it. That belief would be hard to shove out the door. Doo was my security, my safety net. And just remember, I'm explainin', not excusin'... Doo was a good man and a hard worker. But he was an alcoholic, and it affected our marriage all the way through.{{Sfn | Lynn | 2002 |p = xiii}}}}

===Children===
Loretta and her husband had six children together. Their eldest daughter, Betty Sue, was born on November 26, 1948, and died of complications associated with [[emphysema]] on July 29, 2013.<ref>[http://www.musicrow.com/2013/07/loretta-lynns-eldest-daughter-dies-at-64 Notice of death of Betty Sue Lynn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408132024/https://musicrow.com/2013/07/loretta-lynns-eldest-daughter-dies-at-64/ |date=April 8, 2019 }}, musicrow.com, July 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2014.</ref><ref name="Huffington Post">{{Cite news |date=July 30, 2013 |title=Betty Sue Lynn Dead: Loretta Lynn's Oldest Daughter Dies In Tennessee |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/loretta-lynn-daughter_n_3676676.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407065522/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/loretta-lynn-daughter_n_3676676.html |archive-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> Second child and eldest son Jack Benny Lynn, born December 7, 1949, was found dead by drowning on July 24, 1984, after going missing while horse riding on his mother's Hurricane Mills ranch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Stricken Coal Miner's Daughter Mourns the Drowning of Her Favorite Son |url=https://people.com/archive/a-stricken-coal-miners-daughter-mourns-the-drowning-of-her-favorite-son-vol-22-no-7/ |access-date=December 18, 2022 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 13, 1984 |title=A Stricken Coal Miner's Daughter Mourns the Drowning of Her Favorite Son |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088433,00.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=22 |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316132655/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088433,00.html |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> Their 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.<ref name="Children in People">{{cite magazine |last1=Weaver |first1=Emily |date=October 5, 2022 |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-loretta-lynn-children/ |title=Loretta Lynn's Children: Everything to Know |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref> Their youngest children, twin daughters [[The Lynns|Peggy Jean]] and [[The Lynns|Patsy Eileen]], were born on August 6, 1964; they are named after Lynn's sister, [[Peggy Sue (singer)|Peggy Sue Wright]], and her friend, [[Patsy Cline]].<ref name="Children in People"/> Patsy's daughter and Loretta's granddaughter, [[Emmy Russell]], auditioned for [[American Idol (season 22)|season 22]] of American Idol, making the cut and earning the golden ticket to Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=|first1=|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/25/loretta-lynns-granddaughter-emmy-russell-auditions-for-american-idol-inspired-by-legacy/72736716007/|title=Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell auditions for American Idol inspired by legacy|date=February 25, 2024|website=The Tennessean}}</ref>

===Loretta Lynn's Ranch===
Lynn owned a ranch in [[Hurricane Mills, Tennessee]], known as Loretta Lynn's Ranch. Billed as "the seventh largest attraction in Tennessee",<ref>{{cite news |title=Eamon's tour rockin' good |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Eamon%27s+tour+rockin%27%27+good.-a0144422230 |access-date=October 11, 2022 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=April 13, 2006 |via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref> it features a recording studio, museums, lodging, restaurants, and western stores. Traditionally, three holiday concerts are hosted annually at the ranch, Memorial Day Weekend, Fourth of July Weekend, and Labor Day Weekend.<ref name="LorettaLynn.com">{{cite web |title=Loretta Lynn official website |url=http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?p=2040 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415235931/http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?p=2040 |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2014 |publisher=LorettaLynn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Loretta Lynn Ranch |url=https://www.lorettalynnranch.net/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914130617/https://www.lorettalynnranch.net/ |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=Loretta Lynn Ranch}}</ref>

The centerpiece of the ranch is its large plantation home which Lynn once resided in with her husband and children. She had not lived in the [[antebellum architecture|antebellum]] mansion in more than 30 years prior to her death. Lynn regularly greeted fans who were touring the house. A replica of the cabin in which Lynn grew up in Butcher Hollow is one of its main features.<ref name="LorettaLynn.com" />

Since 1982, the ranch has hosted [[Loretta Lynn's Amateur Championship]] [[motocross]] race, the largest amateur motocross race of its kind. The ranch also hosts [[GNCC Racing]] events.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Andrew |date=July 28, 2014 |title=A Bit of Loretta Lynn's Motocross History |url=https://www.motosport.com/blog/a-bit-of-loretta-lynns-motocross-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074317/https://www.motosport.com/blog/a-bit-of-loretta-lynns-motocross-history |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=July 14, 2018 |website=MotoSports.com}}</ref>

===Politics===
At the height of her popularity, some of Lynn's songs were banned from radio airplay, including "[[Rated "X"]]", about the double standards divorced women face; "[[Wings Upon Your Horns (song)|Wings Upon Your Horns]]", about the loss of teenage virginity; and "[[The Pill (song)|The Pill]]", about a wife and mother becoming liberated by the [[combined oral contraceptive pill|birth-control pill]]. Her song "Dear Uncle Sam", released in 1966, during the [[Vietnam War]], describes a wife's anguish at the loss of a husband to war. It was included in her live performances during the [[Iraq War]].<ref name=webbio/>

In 1971, Lynn performed at the [[White House]], at the invitation of President [[Richard Nixon]]. She returned there to perform during the administrations of [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan]], George H. W. Bush, and [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sullivan |first=James |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/loretta-lynn-on-her-medal-of-freedom-isnt-that-something-185752/ |title=Loretta Lynn on the Presidential Medal of Freedom|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 10, 2013 |accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> In 2002's ''[[Still Woman Enough]]'', she discussed her longtime friendship and support for Jimmy Carter.<ref>Loretta Lynn, ''Still Woman Enough: A Memoir'' (New York: Hyperion, 2002)<!-- ISBN, pages needed --></ref> She endorsed<ref>Seifert, Erica J. (2012). ''The Politics of Authenticity in Presidential Campaigns, 1976–2008''. McFarland. pp. 108–109. {{ISBN|9780786491094}}.</ref> and campaigned<ref>Kilian, Pamela (2003). ''Barbara Bush: Matriarch of a Dynasty''. Macmillan. p. 111. {{ISBN|9780312319700}}.</ref> for [[George H. W. Bush]] in the [[1988 United States presidential election|presidential election in 1988]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=September 29, 1988 |title=Campaign Trail; Country Singers Stand by Their Man |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/29/us/campaign-trail-country-singers-stand-by-their-man.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119022336/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/29/us/campaign-trail-country-singers-stand-by-their-man.html |archive-date=January 19, 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Lynn expressed support for [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]], stumping for him at the end of each of her shows. She stated, "I just think he's the only one who's going to turn this country around."<ref>{{cite web |last=Flitter |first=Emily |date=January 9, 2016 |title=Country musician Loretta Lynn to Trump: Call me |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2016/01/08/country-musician-loretta-lynn-to-trump-call-me/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109195909/http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2016/01/08/country-musician-loretta-lynn-to-trump-call-me/ |archive-date=January 9, 2016 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

Although Lynn was outspoken about her views on controversial social and political subjects, she saw herself as apolitical, writing in her 1976 autobiography that, "I don't like to talk too much about things where you're going to get one side or the other unhappy....My music has no politics."<ref name="Memoir-Knopf-Doubleday">{{cite book |last1=Lynn |first1=Loretta |title=Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter |date=September 21, 2010 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group}}</ref>{{rp|153}}

While a recognized "advocate for ordinary women", Lynn often criticized upper-class feminism for ignoring the needs and concerns of working-class women.<ref name="Official website" /> She rejected being labeled a [[feminist]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Harris |first=Keith |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/loretta-lynn-dead-obituary-65340/ |title=Loretta Lynn, 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Country Music Icon, Dead at 90|magazine=Rolling Stone |date= October 4, 2022|accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> and wrote in her memoir, "I'm not a big fan of women's liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due."<ref name="Memoir-Knopf-Doubleday"/>{{rp|56}}

When asked about her position on [[same-sex marriage]] by ''[[USA Today]]'' in November 2010, she replied, "I'm still an old Bible girl. God said you need to be a woman and man, but everybody to their own."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Alanna |date=November 4, 2010 |title=The Once and Future Queen of Country |work=[[USA Weekend]] |url=http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20101105/ENTERTAINMENT04/11070324/The-once-future-Queen-Country |access-date=January 4, 2016}} {{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lorettalynn.com/the-once-and-future-queen-of-country/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922020356/https://www.lorettalynn.com/the-once-and-future-queen-of-country/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |title=The Once and Future Queen of Country |last=Nash |first=Alanna |date=November 8, 2010 |work=USA Weekend |via=Lorettalyn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a36720855/maybe-dolly-is-the-goal-but-loretta-is-the-truth/ |title=Maybe Dolly Is the Goal, but Loretta Is the Truth |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |last=Rodenberg |first=Shawna Kay |date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref>

Lynn allowed [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] to use her song "[[I Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn song)|I Wanna Be Free]]" in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outdoors in the cold.<ref>[http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?m=200510 "Loretta Helps Furry Friends"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120906143400/http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?m=200510 |date=September 6, 2012 }}. LorettaLynn.com. October 24, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Country Superstars Pipe Up for Dogs in New PETA Ads |url=http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-countrysingers.asp |website=HelpingAnimals.com |access-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206192816/http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-countrysingers.asp |archive-date=February 6, 2006 |year=2006}}</ref>

===Health and death===
Over the years, Lynn suffered from various health concerns, including [[pneumonia]] on multiple occasions and a broken arm after a fall at home.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-02-08-8902090068-story.html|title=LYNN IN HOSPITAL|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=February 8, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/loretta-lynn-hospitalized-with-pneumonia-cancels-shows-465542/|title=Loretta Lynn Hospitalized with Pneumonia, Cancels Shows|agency=Associated Press |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

In May 2017, Lynn had a stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills. She was taken to a Nashville hospital and as a result had to cancel all of her upcoming tour dates. The release of her album ''[[Wouldn't It Be Great]]'' was delayed until 2018. On January 1, 2018, Lynn fell and broke her hip.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thanki |first=Juli |date=May 5, 2017 |title=Loretta Lynn hospitalized after stroke |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/05/05/loretta-lynn-hospitalized-after-stroke/312072001/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506014531/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/05/05/loretta-lynn-hospitalized-after-stroke/312072001/ |archive-date=May 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Loretta Lynn In 'Great Spirits' After Breaking Hip in Fall at Home |url=http://people.com/country/loretta-lynn-breaks-hip-fall-at-home-great-spirits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120185052/http://people.com/country/loretta-lynn-breaks-hip-fall-at-home-great-spirits/ |archive-date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref>

Lynn died in her sleep at her home in Hurricane Mills on October 4, 2022, at the age of 90. No cause of death was immediately given.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1577312734529601536 |user=LorettaLynn |title=A statement from the family of Loretta Lynn. "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home at her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills." The family of Loretta Lynn. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004153013/https://twitter.com/LorettaLynn/status/1577312734529601536 |archive-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name="WaPoObit" /><ref name="hrdeath">{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Chris |date=October 4, 2022 |title=Loretta Lynn, Feisty First Lady of Country Music, Dies at 90 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/loretta-lynn-dead-coal-miners-daughter-singer-1235232793/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004145859/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/loretta-lynn-dead-coal-miners-daughter-singer-1235232793/ |archive-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref> She was buried three days later on her Hurricane Mills ranch beside her husband Doolittle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://countrynow.com/loretta-lynn-laid-to-rest-on-her-tennessee-ranch-i-love-you-yesterday-today-tomorrow-and-always/|title=Loretta Lynn Laid To Rest On Her Tennessee Ranch: 'I Love You Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow And Always'|first1=Lauren Jo|last1=Black|website=Country Now|date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>