Voice of the Hispanic community in North CarolinaLos Angeles (USA), Oct 4 (EFE).- Singer Loretta Lynn, an icon of country music for almost six decades, died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills (Tennessee state, United States) at 90 years."Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4, as she slept at her home on her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills," reads a statement from the artist's family. Americans.Lynn's style as a singer-songwriter, with very intimate lyrics about her life, about poverty or the struggle of women, made her one of the greatest references in the history of country music with a career that lasted from 1960 until practically her last years of life.Born in a town located in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, the country star always showed a predilection for crudely portraying the reality she had lived through.In fact, her personal struggles were reflected in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (daughter of a coal miner, in Spanish), a song that raised her to glory since its release in 1971.This song was released two years after her self-titled autobiography, which was so well received that it would be brought to the big screen in 1980 by actress Sissy Spacek, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn herself. .Themes such as sex, love, infidelity, divorce or birth rates also inspired her groundbreaking songs in the sixties and seventies, when not even other more open genres dared to talk about it.Some of his greatest hits at the time were "You Ain't Woman Enough" (1966), "Don't Come Home a Drinkin" (1967), "Fist City" (1968), or "One's On The Way" ( 1972), among many others, produced by his former personal assistant and designer Tim Cobb.In addition, Lynn was the first woman named artist of the year in the two main awards galas of her favorite genre;first by the Country Music Association in 1972 and then by the Academy of Country Music in 1975.In 1998, “Coal Miner's Daughter” became her first recording inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.Lynn's legacy is made up of 50 studio albums and 36 compilation albums throughout a six-decade career crowned by three Grammy Awards.Two of these awards would come in 2005, long after her peak, for her album “Van Lear Rose” and in 2010 she received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.During her last years, the artist continued to write and in 2014 she signed a contract to produce several albums with Legacy Records (Sony Music).Just three years later, a stroke forced him to cancel all her concerts that season and her figure progressively moved away from the public sphere until now.Lynn was married nearly 50 years to Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, a country music talent manager who died in 1996 and with whom she had six children.They reported Tuesday that they will give more details about the funeral soon and asked fans that any donations go to the Loretta Lynn Foundation, dedicated to promoting the history of country music for cultural purposes.Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked with *Save my name, email and website in this browser for the next time I comment.{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your sending has failed.The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}).Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message.More information{{/message}}{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It looks like your sending worked correctly.Although the server has responded correctly, it is possible that the shipment has not been processed.Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message.More information{{/message}}