Hollywood remembers – The Hollywood Reporter

Sissy Spacek, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood and Reba McEntire were among those in Hollywood and the music industry who shared their memories, tributes and condolences on Tuesday following news from country legend Loretta Lynndied at age 90.

The acclaimed singer and songwriter, whose journey as a woman from a small coal mining community in Kentucky to a national country music icon was the focus of the 1980 Michael Apted-directed film. Miner’s daughter, died at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, according to her family.

Lynn’s career has been marked by her pioneering presence, recording 16 No. 1 country singles and winning three Grammy Awards, all while doing so at a time when male voices dominated the country music genre.

Hit singles like “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and “What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am?)”, along with “Blue Kentucky Girl”, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and “The Pill” – produced over the years 70 Women’s Liberation Movement — built a musical catalog that captured Lynn’s musical and storytelling talent as well as her appreciation for identity and femininity.

In a statement, award-winning actress and Miner’s daughter star Sissy Spacek told The Hollywood Reporter“Today is a sad day. The world lost a wonderful person. Loretta Lynn was a great recording artist, a strong and resilient country music pioneer, and a dear friend. My heart is broken. I extend my deepest condolences to her wonderful family, her friends and her loyal fans.”

In her own message, compatriot Dolly Parton expressed her condolences on Lynn’s passing and recalled their close bond. “I’m sorry to hear about my sister, friend Loretta. We’ve been like sisters all the years we’ve been in Nashville,” Parton wrote. “She was a great person, great talent, had millions of fans and I am one of them. I miss her very much, as we all will. May she rest in peace.”

Actress, singer and “Queen of Country” Reba McEntire shared a photo of herself and Lynn, noting that she loved and appreciated the singer for “paving the rough and rocky road for all of us singers” and recalling similarities between McEntire’s mother and Lynn .

“They always reminded me a lot of each other. Strong women, who loved their children and were incredibly loyal,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “Now they’re both in heaven to visit and talk about how they were raised, how different country music is now. when they were young. It sure makes me feel good that Mama went first so she could welcome Loretta to heaven!”

Underwood, former american idol winner, Soul Surfer actress and Grammy-winning country musician, wrote a lengthy post recalling her first meeting with Lynn at the start of her Grand Ole Opry career. She called the late singer “a cranky little gun…kind and sweet…never afraid to be herself and speak her mind.”

“She is irreplaceable. She will be incredibly missed… but her legacy lives on in those of us she has influenced,” Underwood added. “I am truly grateful to have known such a wonderful woman and artist.”

Actress Lynda Carter expressed her appreciation that Lynn was “able to share her wisdom and talent with the world as long as she did”, while fellow music icon Carole King called her an “inspiration”.

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