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Loretta Lynn | AMERICAN MASTERS

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Published October 6, 2022 at 11:23 PM EDT
Loretta Lynn singing on stage
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Fri Oct 7 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Country music icon Loretta Lynn died this week at 90. PBS presents this special that originally aired in March 2016.

Explore the country legend’s hard-fought road to stardom. From her Appalachian roots to the Oscar-winning biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn struggled to balance family with a music career which spanned six decades.
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