Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter and award-winning artist whose spunky songs about life and love in Appalachia elevated her to stardom, died on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Hills, Tennessee. She was 90.

Lynn's family announced in a statement that the singer died of natural causes, surrounded by family, at the ranch-turned-tourist destination about 70 miles west of Nashville.

"Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills," the family said.

Lynn had four of her six children before launching her career in the early 1960s. Her songs often involved rural pride and determination.

Early on, she crafted a persona of the "defiant woman," a contrast to the stereotypical image of most female country singers.

A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, she was a trailblazer, writing about sex and love, divorce and cheating husbands, much to the chagrin of radio programmers.

Over her six decade career, her biggest hits came in the 1960s and '70s, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," "You Ain't Woman Enough," "The Pill," "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," "Rated X" and "You're Looking at Country."

Her voice was distinct, bursting with her Kentucky drawl and deep reservoir of power.

In 1969, she released her autobiographical "Coal Miner's Daughter," which introduced her to her largest audience yet.

"Coal Miner's Daughter," also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same name. Sissy Spacek's portrayal of Lynn won her an Academy Award and earned the film a Best Picture nomination.

Born Loretta Webb, the second of eight children, Lynn grew up in Hollow, Kentucky. Her father — a farmer and coal miner — played the banjo, while her mother played the guitar. Together the couple decorated the walls of the cabin with magazine photos of movie stars.

Lynn was 15 when she married a 21-year-old war veteran Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn. She had claimed she married at age 13 in her autobiography and that they had only dated a month. The couple stayed together for nearly 50 years before his death in 1996.

Late in her career, Lynn continued writing, earning a multi-album deal in 2014 with Legacy Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. In March 2021, Lynn released "Still Woman Enough," her forty-sixth and final solo studio album.

In 2017, Lynn suffered a stroke that would cause her to postpone her shows. In 2020, she published "Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust," a book recalling her friendship with singer Patsy Cline.

Lynn is survived by her six children: Betty, Jack, Ernest and Clara, and then twins Patsy and Peggy. She had 17 grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.