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Loretta Lynn
1932–2022Butcher Hollow, KYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Coal Miner's Daughter
Biography
Coal Miner's Daughter; claimed some Italian-American heritage through one paternal grandmother; country music legend. Country Music Hall of Fame; Presidential Medal of Freedom; Coal Miner's Daughter book and film
Notable For
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- claimed some Italian-American heritage through one paternal grandmother
- country music legend
Honors & Recognition
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Coal Miner's Daughter book and film
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Music
- Specialty
- Country
- Years
- 1932–2022
- Birth Place
- Butcher Hollow, KY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Appalachian-Scottish-Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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