years old. her career was six decades. i sent my team, city of or leans. such a beautiful song. your thoughts today. i grew up listening to loretta lynn. my parents saw her many times. she was part of the sound track of my life. what a ground-breaking she was. the first female to be named entertainer of the year by the academy of country music. more importantly she spoke and sang so authentically, harris. when you listen to her at the very beginning and even her last two albums i m still woman enough and full circle where she revisited a lot of her hits, that voice, that powerful ringing appalachian sound of the church and the yearning of people in the country. it was so passionate. it was so raw. and she spoke and wrote