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Emmy Russell certainly stepped out from underneath the shadow of her grandmother Loretta Lynn during her time on American Idol. The nation watched as a shy Russell learned to own her voice and conquer her nerves on stage throughout this season. The Emmy Russell America met months ago in her audition is not the same Emmy Russell seen performing in the semi-finals. Sadly, the 24-year-old was eliminated just short of the Top 3. “I think there is a reason why I think I am a little timid and I think it is because I want to own my voice,” she said in her audition. “That’s why I want to challenge mys...
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Emmy Russell certainly stepped out from underneath the shadow of her grandmother Loretta Lynn during her time on American Idol. The nation watched as a shy Russell learned to own her voice and conquer her nerves on stage throughout this season. The Emmy Russell America met months ago in her audition is not the same Emmy Russell seen performing in the semi-finals. Sadly, the 24-year-old was eliminated just short of the Top 3. “I think there is a reason why I think I am a little timid and I think it is because I want to own my voice,” she said in her audition. “That’s why I want to challenge mys...
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Loretta Lynn‘s son Ernest Ray isn’t doing well, so the family is turning to God. The 69-year-old is back in the hospital as he battles various kidney problems. Ernest Ray is Loretta Lynn’s fourth child (of six) and second son.His wife, Crystal, has been sharing updates on Facebook.Previously she revealed he was in need of a new kidney.Related: American Idol singer Emmy Russell Looks Just Like Her Grandmother Loretta Lynn Ernest Ray or “Ernie” re-entered the hospital on Tuesday night (April 30) after a week of being in and out of a facility. Without going into detail, Crystal shares that more i...
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Emmy Russell leaned into her country music heritage when she covered her grandmother Loretta Lynn‘s song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” on American Idol. The captivating performance found Russell seated at a piano belting out her memaw’s heartfelt lyrics about her childhood. The Idol hopeful drew in the audience with her ability to put herself into the lyrics. The camera even found her mother, Patsy Lynn Russell, in the audience wiping away tears. Subscribe to Taste of Country on Youtube Who Is Emmy Russell on American Idol?Russell is the granddaughter of Loretta Lynn. Her mother is Patsy Lynn Russel...
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Loretta Lynn was never one to keep things hidden, and she was very open about the fact that she had tried marijuana — but in a crazy twist, she was 84 years old at the time, and she vowed never to touch it again. Lynn was never part of the Nashville party scene, but she ended up smoking pot on the advice of her doctor, who recommended it for medicinal purposes. “I got glaucoma and they gave me one of these cigarettes,” Lynn told People in a 2016 interview. “I took one smoke off of it and it hit me right here in the chest,” she added. “I like to have died! Glaucoma is just going to have to take...
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Aaron Carter's fiancee Melanie Martin has branded the Grammy Awards "vile" for leaving him out of the show's In Memoriam segment. The prizegiving on Sunday night (05.02.23) featured tributes to stars who have passed away over the last year with nods to Loretta Lynn, Christine McVie, Jeff Beck, David Crosby, Terry Hall, Olivia Newton-John and Coolio among others - but Aaron wasn't mentioned and Melanie is furious. She blasted the Recording Academy - the organisation behind the Grammys - in an angry post on Instagram, writing: "Really @recordingacademy how do you dare leave Aaron Carter off of t...
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Jack White says Loretta Lynn was “like a mother figure” to him. The White Stripes star paid tribute to his friend and ‘The Pill’ country legend - who died aged 90 on Tuesday (04.10.22) - and her imprint on the world of music, feminism and women’s rights. In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday (05.10.22), the 47-year-old rocker said: “But she was just a genius and just brilliant at what she did and we were lucky to have her and people can learn from example the rags to riches part of it and the beautiful natural voice part of it. She was like a mother figure to me and also a very good frien...
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Tanya Tucker has paid an emotional tribute to Loretta Lynn. The 63-year-old singer has hailed the country music icon - who passed away on Tuesday (04.10.22) - as her "hero" and someone she always "looked up to". Tanya said in a statement: "Today, my world changed, and it will never be the same again. My hero got her wings last night, and it's been a day filled with tears. Many memories, so much gratitude and thanking my God above for blessing me first with her music and her guidance through the perils of the music world way before we ever met. I looked up to Loretta always. Then when we became...
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Sissy Spacek feels "heartbroken" over the death of Loretta Lynn. The country music icon passed away at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on Tuesday (04.10.22), and Sissy - who won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn in the film 'Coal Miner's Daughter' - has paid a glowing tribute to the chart-topping star. Sissy, 72, said in a statement to PEOPLE: "The world lost a magnificent human being. Loretta Lynn was a great artist, a strong and resilient country music pioneer and a precious friend. "I am heartbroken. I send my deepest sympathies to her wonderful family, her friends, a...
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New York (AFP) - Loretta Lynn, America's groundbreaking country titan whose frank lyricism delving into women's experiences with sex, infidelity and pregnancy touched the nerve of a nation, has died. She was 90 years old. She "passed peacefully in her sleep" at her ranch in Tennessee Tuesday morning, her family said in a statement sent to AFP. Lynn saw a number of her edgy tracks banned by country music stations, but over the course of more than six decades in the business, she became a standard-bearer of the genre and its most decorated female artist ever. Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932 ...
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