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Oliver Vanetta Lynn Jr. (August 27, 1926 – August 22, 1996), [1] commonly known as Doolittle Lynn (also Doo and Mooney), was an American talent manager and country music figure, known as the husband of country music legend Loretta Lynn.
In 1995, she taped a seven-week series on the Nashville Network , Loretta Lynn & Friends. [47] In 1995, Loretta was presented with the Pioneer Award at the 30th Academy of Country Music Awards. [48] In 1996, Lynn's husband, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, died five days short of his 70th birthday.
In 1948, at the age of 15, Loretta marries 22-year-old Oliver "Mooney" (aka Doo, short for Doolittle) Lynn, becoming a mother of four by the time she is 19. The family moves to northern Washington State, where Doo works in the forest industry and Loretta sings occasionally at local honky-tonks on weekends.
Loretta Lynn's eldest granddaughter, Lynn Massey, has died. On Saturday, ... The country icon shared six children with husband Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, whom she married at age 15.
Country music icon Loretta Lynn passed away Tuesday morning. The "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer had a prolific career. What you need to know.
Loretta Lynn in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 10, 2016. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Oct. 4 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.
In 2019, Tippett filmed the TV movie Patsy & Loretta, playing the role of Doolittle Lynn, Loretta Lynn's husband. The TV film was broadcast on the Lifetime channel on October 19, 2019. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The same year, Tippett was cast as Lucius King in NBC's Prism which is inspired by Rashomon , a 1950 Japanese drama directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Still Woman Enough is a 2002 autobiography of American country music singer Loretta Lynn, written by Lynn and Patsi Bale Cox. [1] The book discusses, in-depth, Lynn's life, from her early days in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, as the daughter of a coal miner, her marriage to Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, her musical career, and personal triumphs and trials in Lynn's life up to the time the book was written.