Country music star Loretta Lynn, 85, suffered a stroke Thursday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, and has been hospitalized, according to her website.
« She is currently under medical care and is responsive and expected to make a full recovery, » the statement says.
Lynn has postponed two of her four upcoming shows, one in South Carolina on Saturday night, and one in Pennsylvania on May 12, according to a schedule on the website.
Lynn has been performing professionally since the 1950s. She’s been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and won four: three competitive and one honorary. In 1988, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Some of her hit songs include « Coal Miner’s Daughter, » « Fist City » and « You’re Lookin’ at Country. »
She wrote an autobiography titled « Coal Miner’s Daughter » that was published in 1976 and a hit movie of the same name was released in 1980.
