Loretta Lynn Trivia

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Holds the Amateur National Motocross Championships every year on her ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. They are appropriately called, "Loretta Lynn`s MX Championships.". (imdb.com)

Has Native American Cherokee ancestry. (imdb.com)

Was the first woman to win the Country Music Association`s Entertainer of the Year trophy in 1972. (imdb.com)

She was the first country star to appear on the cover of Newsweek Magazine in 1973. (imdb.com)

She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986. (imdb.com)

Was named after screen legend Loretta Young. (imdb.com)

Loretta`s husband was born Oliver Lynn but went by the nicknames Doolittle or Doo and Mooney (because he use to run moonshine in KY). (imdb.com)

Son, Jack, drowned in 1984. (imdb.com)

Husband, Mooney`s nickname was "Dolittle" ("Do"). (imdb.com)

Supported George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential election. (imdb.com)

She is the sister of Crystal Gayle. (imdb.com)

Related to singer Patty Loveless. (imdb.com)

Married Oliver Lynn at the age of 13. Four of their six children were born by the time Loretta was 18. She became a first-time grandmother at the age of 29. (imdb.com)

Ranked #65 on VH1`s Greatest Women of Rock N Roll (imdb.com)

One of 5 recipients of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors; other recipients were James Brown, Carol Burnett, Mike Nichols and Itzhak Perlman. (imdb.com)

Measurements: 37-25-36 (according to her dresser), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) (imdb.com)

Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. (imdb.com)

Mother of actresses Patsy Lynn and Peggy Lynn. (imdb.com)

Autobiography 1976: "Coal Miner`s Daughter", which was the basis for the film Coal Miner`s Daughter (1980) (imdb.com)

Spouse: Oliver Mooney` Lynn Jr.` (10 January 1948 - 22 August 1996) (his death) 6 children (imdb.com)