US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to country music star Loretta Lynn in 2013. AFP
Lynn at City Stages 2005 in Birmingham, Alabama. Photo: Scott Schram / Public Domain
Lynn's album You Ain't Woman Enough was written about her cheating husband Doolittle Lynn. Photo: Public Domain
Lynn on her tour bus in 1975. Photo: David Pugh / Public Domain
Lynn saw her music career get a second wind after making an album with Jack White of the White Stripes. Photo: Anna Hanks / Public Domain
Lynn's tribute album to fellow country star Patsy Cline. Photo: Public Domain
Lynn, America's groundbreaking country titan whose frank lyricism delving into the experiences of women, touched a nerve in the nation. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn is presented the Icon Tribute award at the 52nd Annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn performs onstage at the 13th annual Americana Music Association Honours and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in 2014. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn performs onstage at the Big Barrel Country Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, in 2015. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn was born a coal miner's daughter on a hill in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. Getty Images / AFP
To many, Lynn was a feminist icon. Invision / AP
Lynn with Tanya Tucker and Crystal Gayle at Lynn's 87th Birthday Tribute in Nashville. Invision / AP
Lynn performs at the BBC Music Showcase during South By South-west in 2016 in Austin, Texas. Invision / AP
Lynn at the Country Music Awards. AP
Lynn and Jack White from the White Stripes. PA Images / Getty Images
Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Photo: IMDb
Lynn and Vince Gill perform on stage at the "39th Annual Country Music Awards" at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images / AFP
A statue of Lynn outside the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn and George Strait in Nashville, Tennessee. Getty Images / AFP
Lynn arrives at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003. Getty Images / AFP