Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter Lynn Massey dies after ‘difficult’ health battle

Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter Lynn Massey dies after ‘difficult’ health battle Show Caption Hide Caption Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer, dies at 90 Legendary country star Loretta Lynn, singer of ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ has died at the age of 90. Cody Godwin, USA TODAY Loretta Lynn’s family is grieving the loss of the country music legend’s eldest granddaughter. Verified Instagram and Facebook pages for the late icon, who died two years ago at age 90, shared word of Lynn Massey’s death last week. “Betty Sue’s daughter Lynn Massey, Loretta’s first grandchild, passed away this week after a long and difficult health battle,” the family’s announcement said. The post included a snapshot of Massey, 59, smiling broadly and standing in front of shelves displaying her grandmother’s vinyl albums. She was born 11 months after Loretta Lynn’s youngest children, twins Peggy and Patsy. Massey’s mother, the singer’s eldest child Betty Sue, died in 2013 from complications of emphysema, according to The Associated Press. Loretta Lynn, a coal miner’s daughter who married at 15, was famously a mother of four when she launched her career back in the 1960s. One of Lynn’s 26 grandchildren, Emmy Russell, competed on “American Idol” earlier this year and made it to the top five of Season 22, where she performed her grandmother’s hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” The star’s granddaughter Tayla Lynn, also has a career as a singer-songwriter and has toured with Conway Twitty’s grandson, Tre Twitty. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/25/loretta-lynn-granddaughter-lynn-massey-dead/74945010007/