Dolly Parton Mourns ‘Sister’ Loretta Lynn After Her Death: ‘I Miss Her Dearly’

Dolly Parton mourned the passing of her person and “sister” Loretta Lynn with a touching tribute connected Tuesday, October 4. The philharmonic icon, 76, recounted the galore years they spent unneurotic arsenic stars of the state euphony business, and said that the 2 were incredibly adjacent aft the galore years they each spent successful Nashville together.

Dolly’s connection was abbreviated and memorialized the singer, who passed distant astatine 90 connected Tuesday. “So atrocious to perceive astir my sister, person Loretta. We’ve been similar sisters each the years we’ve been successful Nashville & she was a fantastic quality being, fantastic talent, had millions of fans and I’m 1 of them. I miss her dearly arsenic we each will. May she remainder successful peace,” she wrote. 

The state singer’s decease from earthy causes was announced by her rep. They said that she was surrounded by her children erstwhile she passed. Her family asked for privateness pursuing her death, but released a connection sharing that she had died. “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed distant peacefully this morning, October 4th, successful her slumber astatine location astatine her beloved ranch successful Hurricane Mills,” they said. Loretta and her precocious hubby Oliver had six children together, 4 of whom are inactive alive.

Besides being astonishing friends, Dolly and Loretta collaborated unneurotic connected the 1993 record Honky Tonk Angels, on with Tammy Wynette, who passed distant successful 1998. The medium featured the 3 women singing a fig of classical state standards together, including the deed “Silver Threads and Gold Needles.”

When Loretta celebrated her 90th day backmost successful April, Dolly participated successful a tribute video on with different iconic singers like Carole King, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood to celebrate. At the extremity of the video, Dolly sang “Happy Birthday,” and finished with her ain line, “We volition ever emotion you.”

Tons of state euphony stars mourned Loretta’s passing connected Tuesday, including Dolly’s younger sister Stella, who shared a photograph of the 2 of them unneurotic with a moving connection for the precocious singer. “My bosom is breached with the quality of my saccharine person Loretta Lynn passing. I volition retrieve each the saccharine visits and laughs we shared. RIP saccharine Angel,” she tweeted.