Country singer Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90, a spokeswoman for her management said.
Lynn was considered the grand old lady of country music.
She was one of the most successful and influential singers of the genre, she was awarded many prizes and continued to perform until old age, but recently also had to struggle with health problems.
Lynn was born in 1932 as Loretta Webb in the US state of Kentucky, the daughter of a coal miner - which earned her the nickname "Coal Miner's Daughter".
A single of the same name made it to the top of the charts in 1970.
She married her husband Oliver Lynn at the age of 15, and the couple had their first child at the age of 16.
Oliver Lynn managed his wife's career, the couple had five more children and remained together until Oliver Lynn's death in 1996.
Loretta Lynn has released dozens of successful albums during her decades-long career, including long-established hits like "Honky Tonk Girl" and "Don't Come Home a Drinkin'".