Dolly Parton pays tribute to her longtime friend Loretta Lynn: 'We’ve been like sisters'
05.10.2022 - 00:53
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Dolly Parton is showing support to Loretta Lynn, after the country music icon died at 90. "So sorry to hear about my sister, friend Loretta," Parton wrote on Instagram. "We’ve all been like sisters all the years we’ve been in Nashville and she was a wonderful human being, wonderful talent, had millions of fans and I’m one of them.
I miss her dearly as we all will. May she rest in peace." Earlier Tuesday, Lynn's family shared the news with Fox News Digital, writing, "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 asked for privacy as they grieve and said a memorial will be announced later. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dolly Parton (@dollyparton) Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn have been friends for decades.
In 2019, Parton shared an old image with Lynn on Facebook, which she captioned, "Friends forever." Lynn left a comment at the time that read, "Love you honey!"   That same year, Lynn congratulated Parton on her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member. "Congrats to my dear friend Dolly Parton, for celebrating 50 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. She’s my mountain sister. I love her music and I will always love her," Lynn wrote alongside an image of the duo on Twitter.
Throughout Lynn's career, which spanned 60 years, she won every music award known to musicians, and was inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame in 1988. Lynn knew her songs were trailblazing, especially for country music, but said she was just writing the truth that so many rural women like her experienced. "I could see that other women was goin’ through the same thing,
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