American country music performer and composer Loretta Lynn was born on April 14, 1932. Over the course of his six-decade career, Lynn had numerous gold records.
On April 14, 1932, Loretta Webb was born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. She was the second child and oldest daughter of Melvin Theodore “Ted” and Clara Marie “Clary” Webb.
Ted had two jobs: he was a subsistence farmer and a coal miner. The family is not recognized as a tribe despite having Cherokee ancestry. Her name was inspired by Loretta Young.
Oliver Vanetta “Doolittle” Lynn was married to Lynn for more than 50 years before he passed away at the age of 69.
She explained in her 2002 biography Still Woman Enough and in an interview with CBS News the same year how her husband routinely cheated on her and once abandoned her when she was in the middle of giving birth.
How is Loretta Lynn related to Patty Loveless?
According to our trusted sources, Loretta Lynn and Patty Loveless are cousins.
