Updated
Dec 22, 2020
The singer was the Country Music Associationâs female vocalist of the year in 1988.
Jonathan Landrum Jr.
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Country singer K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit â80â²s Ladiesâ and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78.
Oslinâs friend Robert K. Oermann said she died in suburban Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday morning. He learned of Oslinâs death from her aunt.
The actual cause of death has not been released.
Oermann said Oslin had been suffering from Parkinsonâs disease and lived in an assisted-living facility since 2016. She had triple bypass surgery in 1995. He said Oslin tested positive for COVID-19 last week.