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===1990β2004: Return to country and second autobiography=== Lynn returned to the public eye in 1993 with a hit album, the trio album ''Honky Tonk Angels'', recorded with [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Tammy Wynette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/464876360/?terms=%22Honky%20Tonk%20Angels%22%20%22dolly%20parton%22%20%22tammy%20wynette%22%20%22loretta%20lynn%22&match=1 |title=29 Sep 1993, 18 |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 29, 1993 |accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country charts and No. 42 on the Billboard Pop charts and charted a single with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles". The album sold more than 800,000 copies and was certified gold in the United States and Canada. The trio was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Association awards. Lynn released a three-CD boxed set chronicling her career on MCA Records. In 1995, she taped a seven-week series on the Nashville Network ([[The Nashville Network|TNN]]), ''Loretta Lynn & Friends''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/looking-back-at-the-life-and-legacy-of-loretta-lynn|title=Looking back at the life and legacy of Loretta Lynn|date=October 4, 2022|website=News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF)}}</ref> In 1995, Loretta was presented with the Pioneer Award at the 30th Academy of Country Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/233899853/?terms=%22loretta%20lynn%22%20%22%20Pioneer%20Award%22&match=1 |title=26 May 1995, Page 100 |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 26, 1995 |accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> In 1996, Lynn's husband, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, died five days short of his 70th birthday. In 2000, Lynn released her first album in several years, ''[[Still Country]]'', in which she included "I Can't Hear the Music", a tribute song to her late husband. She released her first new single in more than 10 years from the album, "Country in My Genes". The single charted on the Billboard Country singles chart and made Lynn the first woman in country music to chart singles in five decades. In 2002, Lynn published her second autobiography, ''[[Still Woman Enough]]'', and it became her second ''[[New York Times]]'' Best Seller, peaking in the top 10. In 2004, she published a cookbook, ''You're Cookin' It Country''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/23389221/loretta-lynn-youre-cookin-it-country-cookbook-appreciation|title=Late Country Legend Loretta Lynn Was Also One Hell of a Home Cook|first=Amy|last=McCarthy|date=October 5, 2022|website=Eater}}</ref>
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