“Loretta Lynn passed away peacefully at home in her sleep this morning, October 4,” RIA Novosti quotes a family message posted on the singer’s Twitter.

Lynn performed country songs. 

She is best known for Don't Come Home a' Drinkin', I Wanna Be Free, Cry Cry Cry and Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man. 

On August 9, Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John died at the age of 73.