Country music star Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90.

Her family said she passed away at her “beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills” in Tennessee.

“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” said a statement.

A mother of four at the time, Lynn launched her career in the early 1960s, her songs reflecting her pride in her rural upbringing in Kentucky, but also tackling subjects such as sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce, and birth control.

“It was what I wanted to hear and what I knew other women wanted to hear, too,” she told the Associated Press news agency in an interview in 2016. “I didn’t write for the men; I wrote for us women. And the men loved it, too.”

Lynn’s biggest hits included You Ain’t Woman Enough, The Pill, Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind), Rated X, You’re Looking At Country and Coal Miner’s Daughter, referencing her own background living in a mountain cabin with seven brothers and sisters.

Coal Miner’s Daughter was also the title of her 1976 book, turned into a film of the same name in 1980; actress Sissy Spacek’s portrayal of Lynn won her an Oscar and the film was also nominated for best picture.

Friends with other country greats such as Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette, Lynn picked up accolades throughout her career, becoming the first woman ever to be named entertainer of the year at the country genre’s two major awards shows, first by the Country Music Association in 1972 and then by the Academy of Country Music three years later.

A prolific musician whose career spanned seven decades, she released her 50th studio album Still Woman Enough in March 2021.

“To make it in this business, you either have to be first, great or different, and I was the first to ever go into Nashville, singin’ it like the women lived it,” she once said.