Crystal Gayle + Peggy Sue Wright Tribute Late Sister Loretta Lynn

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Crystal Gayle reacted to the ath of her sister, Loretta Lynn, a public statement.

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INSI LORETTA LYNN AND CRYSTAL GAYLE'S RELATNSHIP

Loretta Lynn — who died at the age of 90 on Oct. 4 — and her ltle sister Crystal Gayle had a relatnship that stood the tt of time" emprop="scriptn * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle are both untry mic legends. Dpe the 19-year age difference between the two (Lynn was born 1932 and Gayle 1951), both have found the same llg (via The Boot). Gayle me onto the scene around 45 years ago when she released her first album and rose to the top of the mic charts (via Variety).

INSI LORETTA LYNN AND CRYSTAL GAYLE'S SISTERLY BOND: WE'D 'HAVE OUR WORDS' THEN 'WE'D LGH'

Loretta Lynn was one of eight children her fay. Her sister, Crystal Gayle, is also a succsful sger, and shared a tribute to Loretta wh new photos. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Gayle spoke to Variety about what was like to follow her sister's footsteps and if she was prepared for the difficulti of beg a untry star.

LORETTA LYNN'S SISTER CRYSTAL GAYLE SHAR NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS NEW TRIBUTE

The untry-pop legend Crystal Gayle opens up this week's issue of PEOPLE about her signature long mane, her relatnship wh sister Loretta Lynn and life now" emprop="scriptn * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Dpe the age gap and personaly differenc, sisters Lynn and Gayle are close, reports The Boot. Crystal Gayle spoke to The Boot  Febary 2017 about her relatnship wh her sister Loretta Lynn. Although Gayle admted that the two bicker on ocsn, she spoke highly of Lynn and reported that they don't really have problems.

While old tabloid reports spoke of drama between Gayle and Lynn, Gayle discreded them as "jt gossip.

" Gayle add that is difficult for them to have problems wh one another as they have both always been so by wh their reers. Gayle's votn to her sister was ma evint 2017 when Lynn suffered a stroke (via Taste of Country).

CRYSTAL GAYLE REVEALS SHE'S WANTED TO CUT HER LONG HAIR: SOME DAYS 'I JT WANT TO TAKE THE SCISSORS'

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The Associated Prs also reported that Gayle ma a statement which she affirmed that her sister was "a strong woman" and that she knew Lynn would "e out of this. 14, 1932, is the elst dghter and send child, followed by Herman Webb, Willie “Jay” Lee Webb, Donald Ray Webb, Peggy Wright, Betty Hopks, and Crystal Gayle. His sister, Crystal Gayle, rerd a song he wrote, “Clock on the Wall, ” somethg that brought him much pri.

In the mid-1980s, she began performg as a background sger and stume signer for her younger sister, Gayle. 9, 1951, Brenda Webb is better known by her stage name, Crystal Gayle.

CRYSTAL GAYLE MAK A STATEMENT AFTER THE DEATH OF HER SISTER, LORETTA LYNN

Crystal Gayle reflects on sgg wh her sister Loretta Lynn on her new album 'You Don't Know Me.' * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Gayle is also known for her floor-length hair, a look that has bee her signature. “You know, I look up to my sister, ” Gayle said 2017 when discsg a mored rivalry wh Loretta, per The Boot. When Loretta Lynn and ltle sister Crystal Gayle posed for their jot PEOPLE ver story 1978, they were two of untry mic's biggt stars.

Gayle, now 71, add that she's always leaned on Lynn, who died at her home Tennsee on Tuday morng at the age of 90, for no-nonsense guidance. "She got me my first rerdg ntract [ 1970], and she told me the bt advice: 'Don't sg anythg that I would bee we're only gog to be pared, '" Gayle said.

CRYSTAL GAYLE SGS WH LORETTA LYNN, INTERPRETS COUNTRY STAPL ON ‘YOU DON’T KNOW ME’

Loretta Lynn passed away on Oct. 4, and her younger sister Crystal Gayle posted a betiful photo on social media as she mourns. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Ten years before Gayle got her rerdg ntract, Lynn released her first sgle, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl. When Gayle (born Brenda Gail), the baby of the Webb fay, arrived 1951, Lynn and her hband had already moved away to Washgton state, where Lynn first learned how to play and sg wh a $17 Sears guar. Unlike her big sister, Gayle grew up Wabash, Indiana, where their father had moved to a retired mers' lony and their mother had worked as a nurse's ai.

CRYSTAL GAYLE MOURNS SISTER LORETTA LYNN’S DEATH: ‘WORLD LOST A LEGEND’

Country sger Crystal Gayle talks to Variety about her early years workg for sister Loretta Lynn's label and movg to a new label. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Though she had unsuccsfully tried to promote the mic reers of two of her other siblgs, Lynn tried aga wh Gayle, who spent her summers as a teenager tourg wh Lynn.

Lynn even me up wh Gayle's stage name, which was spired by the South's Krystal hamburger cha. At age 16, Gayle performed at the Grand Ole Opry Lynn's place. When Lynn wrote a tune for sger Brenda Lee tled "I've Cried (the Blue Right Out of My Ey), " Gayle argued, "Lee's ey are brown, so I got .

CRYSTAL GAYLE ON BUILDG HER MIC CAREER AFTER LEAVG SISTER LORETTA LYNN’S LABEL

Crystal Gayle is a Grammy-wng Amerin untry mic artist known for such songs as "Don't It Make My Brown Ey Blue" and "Talkg Your Sleep." * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

" While the track was a most h for Gayle when was released 1970, beme one of her signature songs.

In the years that followed, Gayle's reer ntued to rise thanks to a strg of elegant untry-pop hs, cludg her 1977 sgle "Don't It Make My Brown Ey Blue.

" Wh succs of her own, Gayle was ma out to be rivals wh Lynn, particularly after she bted her big sister for CMA female volist 1977. Gayle untentnally add fuel to the fire of fallg-out mors when she addrsed how Lynn's hband helped nurture her early reer durg an terview.

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GAYLE'S OLR SISTER IS UNTRY LEGEND {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LORETTA LYNN, AND FOLLOWG HER FOOTSTEPS, GAYLE SET OUT AT AN EARLY AGE TO BE A MICIAN. SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SGLE 1970 AND LAND HER FIRST NO. 1 H 1976. "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE" WOULD SOON MAKE GAYLE A CROSSOVER SUPERSTAR, HTG NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY CHART AND NO. 2 ON THE POP CHART. THAT SMASH LED TO SEVERAL OTHERS, AND GRAMMY AND CMA AWARDS FOLLOWED GAYLE THROUGHOUT THE 1970S AND 1980S.EARLY YEARSCRYSTAL GAYLE, ORIGALLY BRENDA GAIL WEBB, WAS BORN PATSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON JANUARY 9, 1951. HER FAY MOVED TO WABASH, INDIANA, WHEN GAYLE WAS FOUR, AND HER FATHER DIED JT A FEW YEARS LATER OM NCER. GAYLE WAS THE YOUNGT OF EIGHT CHILDREN. ONE OF HER SISTERS, ALREADY OUT OF THE HOE WHEN GAYLE WAS BORN, WAS FUTURE UNTRY MIC LEGEND LORETTA LYNN. GAYLE WAS A SGER OM A YOUNG AGE, AND HER LOVE OF MIC, AND HER SISTER’S SUCCS, SPIRED HER TO PICK UP A GUAR AND PERFORM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO SANG BACKUP HER BROTHER’S BAND AND ACPANIED LYNN ON TOUR, GETTG AN EARLY TASTE OF THE LIFE OF A PROFSNAL TOURG MICIAN.HTG THE CHARTSIN 1970, DEC RERDS RELEASED GAYLE’S FIRST SGLE, "I'VE CRIED (THE BLU RIGHT OUT OF MY EY)," A TRADNAL UNTRY SONG WRTEN BY LYNN THAT LAND THE TOP 40 ON THE UNTRY CHART. THE LABEL WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE GAYLE FOLLOW HER SISTER’S FAMO FOOTSTEPS, AND THEY RELEASED THREE MORE SGL OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HELPED GAYLE GET SOME FOOTG WH LISTENERS. BUT GAYLE CID EARLY ON HER REER THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF ON HER OWN TERMS, AND SHE LEFT DEC FOR UNED ARTISTS 1974. THERE, GAYLE WAS SET EE MILLY, AND HER FIRST ALBUM, CRYSTAL GAYLE, WAS RELEASED THAT SAME YEAR. “WRONG ROAD AGA” BEME HER FIRST BONA FI H, FDG A SPOT THE TOP 10 ON THE UNTRY CHART.SUPERSTARTWO YEARS LATER, GAYLE WOULD FD HER WAY TO NO. 1 WH “I'LL GET OVER YOU," AND HOT ON S HEELS ME THE CROSSOVER SMASH "DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EY BLUE," WHICH H NO. 1 ON THE UNTRY CHARTS AND NO. 2 ON THE POP CHARTS. THE ALBUM OM WHICH THE H ME, WE MT BELIEVE MAGIC, HELPED EARN GAYLE HER FIRST GRAMMY, FOR BT FEMALE COUNTRY VOL, AND SHE BEME THE FIRST FEMALE UNTRY ARTIST TO GO PLATUM. ALSO DURG THIS PERD, GAYLE MA SEVERAL NOTABLE MOV TO TELEVISN, STARRG HER OWN HOUR-LONG PRIME-TIME TV SPECIALS AND HOSTG A NCERT SPECIAL ON HBO AND A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. 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Crystal Gayle's 15-track project You Don’t Know Me has the sger verg untry standards as well as teamg up wh her sisters Loretta Lynn and Peggy Sue on a ver of Dolly Parton’s “Put It Off Until Tomorrow. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Dpe the speculatn, Gayle sisted 2021 that there was never any bad blood. At the time, Gayle said she also planned to avoid the grd that she'd seen wear down Lynn.

When Gayle released her album You Don't Know Me 2019, she had Lynn and their sister Peggy Sue Webb Wright ntribute their vols on "Put It Off Until Tomorrow, " a song -wrten by Dolly Parton and Bill Owens the mid-1960s.

CRYSTAL GAYLE ENLISTS SISTERS LORETTA LYNN AND PEGGY SUE ON DOLLY PARTON COVER ‘PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW’: EXCLIVE

Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue Wright honored their sister by sgg one of her most famo tun, "Coal Mer's Dghter"" emprop="scriptn * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Lynn rerd her track at Gayle's Nashville stud jt a few months before sufferg a stroke May 2017. Though Gayle said 2021 that she hadn't seen Lynn "a while bee [of the COVID-19 panmic, " she said she was "so proud and honored to be her sister. She had seven siblgs: Melv, Herman, Willie "Jay" Lee, Donald, Peggy Sue, Betty, and Crystal Gayle.

CRYSTAL GAYLE AND PEGGY SUE WRIGHT PAID TRIBUTE TO SISTER LORETTA LYNN AT CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR CELEBRATN

Country mic legend Loretta Lynn and her sister, Crystal Gayle, teamed up for a very, very memorable ncert wh the Boston Pops Orchtra. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Loretta Lynn (center) wh mother Clara Butcher (left) and sister Crystal Gayle (right) 1980BettmannA star her own right, Crystal has won a Grammy and five ACM Awards, among many other aclas.

CRYSTAL GAYLE SHAR HARDLY-SEEN PHOTO OF LORETTA LYNN IN HONOR OF 90TH BIRTHDAY

Crystal Gayle: "The world lost a legend. We lost a sister." * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Say the name Crystal Gayle and her long brown mane stantly to md.

"There's been days where I jt want to take the scissors, " Gayle says. "When my children were younger, they'd say, 'Mom, you won't be Crystal Gayle when you cut your hair. "Beg the mic bs is not easy, " Gayle says, "but if you really love , then 's all worth .

INSI LORETTA LYNN'S RELATNSHIP WH HER SISTER CRYSTAL GAYLE

Loretta Lynn — who died at the age of 90 on Oct. 4 — and her ltle sister Crystal Gayle had a relatnship that stood the tt of time * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Gayle began her reer mic 1970, after her big sister, legendary untry sger Loretta Lynn, helped her secure her first rerdg ntract. "She gave me the bt advice: 'Don't sg anythg that I would bee we're only gog to be pared, '" Gayle rells. While she and Lynn, now 89, were ma out to be rivals early on, Gayle says that wasn't the se.

COUNTRY REWD: LORETTA LYNN AND SISTER CRYSTAL GAYLE SG INCREDIBLE MEDLEY WH ORCHTRA BACKG

Crystal Gayle and her sister, Peggy Sue Wright, paid mil tribute to their late sister, Loretta Lynn, wh a performance at the 2022 CMT Artists of the Year. * crystal gayle and loretta lynn *

Gayle is now a grandmother to her son Christos's two boys, Elijah, 17, and Björn, 1, but her bond wh Lynn remas unchanged.

CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR: (WATCH) PEGGY SUE WRIGHT AND CRYSTAL GAYLE PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR LATE SISTER LORETTA LYNN WH AN EMOTNAL PERFORMANCE OF "COAL MER'S DGHTER"CRYSTAL GAYLE: "THE WORLD LOST A LEGEND. WE LOST A SISTER."{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.2REM/1.1 "TLG GOTHIC NARROW STD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FB156B;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.2REM/1.1 "TLG GOTHIC NARROW STD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FB156B;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY TIFFANY GOLDSTEOCTOBER 14, 2022/7:32 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1066PX;WIDTH:1600PX;}CRYSTAL GAYLE, TANYA TUCKER AND PEGGY SUE WRIGHT ON THE BLACK CARPET AT THE 2022 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION.BY TIFFANY GOLDSTEOCTOBER 14, 2022 / 7:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR: (WATCH) PEGGY SUE WRIGHT AND CRYSTAL GAYLE PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR LATE SISTER LORETTA LYNN WH AN EMOTNAL PERFORMANCE OF \"COAL MER'S DGHTER\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-10-14T23:32:16.378+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-10-14T23:32:16.378+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"CMT"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"CMT","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080}},"CREATOR":"TIFFANY GOLDSTE","KEYWORDS":"LORETTA LYNN, CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNTRY MUNY IS MOURNG THE LOSS OF S RILIENT QUEEN – LORETTA LYNN. IT'S BEEN OVER A WEEK SCE THE LATE LEGEND GAED HER WGS AND JOED OTHER "HONKY TONK ANGELS" AT THE AGE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROMENT NAM THE GENRE GATHERED AT NASHVILLE'S SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER [OCT. 14] FOR CMT'S ARTISTS OF THE YEAR CEREMONY AND TO PAY RPECT TO THE FEARLS PNEER THAT CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY FOR WOMEN UNTRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE THE HOE WHEN LORETTA LYNN'S SISTERS STEPPED TO THE SPOTLIGHT TO HONOR THEIR BELOVED SIBLG AND TO LIVER HER TIMELS TUNE "COAL MER'S DGHTER." ONCE PEGGY SUE WRIGHT AND CRYSTAL GAYLE APPEARED – LYNN'S LOVG SPIR FILLED THE ROOM, LEAVG NOTHG BUT JOY RADIATG OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'90S IN AND FEMALE TRAILBLAZER MARTA MCBRI KICKED OFF THE CELEBRATN OF LIFE WH A WELL-SPOKEN SPEECH THAT ACKNOWLEDGED LYNN'S SIGNIFINT NTRIBUTNS TO THE LANDSPE. THE "INPENNCE DAY" ARTIST TOUCHED UPON LYNN'S STORYTELLG APPROACH AND HOW SHE FEARLSLY SPARKED DIFFICULT DIALOGU BY WRG ABOUT SEX, LOVE, DIVORCE, AND NTRACEPTN. IN THE MIDST OF HER PRIME, UNTRY RAD BANNED THE PROGRSIVE LYRICS "THE PILL" OR SELF-WORTH ANTHEM "RATED X" OM THEIR AIRWAV. DPE THE BACKLASH, LYNN PERSEVERED FORWARD AND NEVER STOPPED SGG HER TTH."NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 12: IN THIS PHOTO RELEASED ON OCTOBER 14, 2022, MARTA MCBRI PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 2022 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR AT SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER ON OCTOBER 12, 2022 NASHVILLE, TENNSEE. (PHOTO BY JASON KEMP/GETTY IMAG FOR CMT)"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE WAS AHEAD OF HER TIME AND PAVED THE TRAIL FOR ALL OF WOMEN UNTRY MIC. SHE WROTE HER OWN SONGS AT A TIME, AND THAT WAS NOT THE NORM. SHE SANG ABOUT THGS NO ONE ELSE DARED TO SG ABOUT – GIVG A VOICE TO A WHOLE GENERATN OF WOMEN," EXPLAED MCBRI. "SHE SANG FEMIST ANTHEMS, POLILLY CHARGED SONGS ON SONGS OF HEARTBREAK, STGGL, CHEATG, AND SIRE, FEISTY SONGS ABOUT STANDG YOUR GROUND, SONGS ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD AND FAY, SONGS THAT WOMEN ULD RELATE. SHE WROTE MIC SO PERSONAL THAT YOU ULD HARDLY IMAGE ANYONE ELSE SGG. AND MAYBE THE MOST REMARKABLE THG ABOUT HER, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF REMARKABLE THGS ABOUT HER, WAS THE WAY SHE MET AND MA ARTISTS FEEL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCBRI PRAISED LYNN'S HEART OF GOLD AND SCERE CHARACTER. THE IN IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW THAT BEME A RECIPIENT OF THE CMT ARTIST OF A LIFETIME AWARD. LYNN RECEIVED THE PRTIG ACLA 2018, AND MCBRI ADMIRED THE POWERHOE WH A CHILLG RENDN OF "YOU A'T WOMAN ENOUGH (TO TAKE MY MAN)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR , LIFTG UP, MENTORG , URGG TO E SEE HER. SHE WAS WARM AND SASSY AND SO REAL, AND THAT LGH, THAT SE. I DON'T THK YOU WOULD EVER MEET ANYONE WHO DIDN'T LOVE HER. WHAT A LEGACY THAT IS. LORETTA LEFT AN LIBLE MARK ON UNTRY MIC AND IS ONE OF THE MOST INIC FEMALE ARTISTS UNTRY HISTORY AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND SPIRATNAL FIGUR ALL OF MIC PERD. TONIGHT, WE HONOR HER EVERY PERFORMANCE, EVERY MOMENT OF THIS SHOW. LORETTA, THANK YOU…WE LOVE YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO ADD TO THE TRIBUTE, OUTLAW UNTRY STAR AND LYNN'S CLOSE IEND TANYA TUCKER SHARED HOW THE SGER-SONGWRER PLAYED A VAL ROLE HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'VE BEEN SO BLSED WH THE GIFT OF HER MIC AND ALSO THE GIFT OF HER IENDSHIP. SHE GUID ME THROUGH THIS BS," UTTERED TUCKER WHILE HOLDG BACK TEARS. "EVEN BEFORE WE MET, I REMEMBER ME AND MY DAD WOULD WATCH HER EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE 'THE WILBURN BROTHERS SHOW,' AND HE'D SAY, 'TANYA, A'T SHE BETIFUL?' I ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HER, AND I ALWAYS WILL. THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUCKER NTUED TO REFLECT ON THEIR TIGHT-KN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP SGG HER DRKG CHEATG SONGS. I REALLY TREASURE THE TIME THAT WE GOT TO SPEND TOGETHER. SHE WOULD LL ME, AND SHE'D SAY, 'HONEY, YOU NEED SOME MONEY?' WELL, THERE'VE BEEN TIM I WISH I SAID Y," SHE JOKGLY LGHED. "SHE WENT OM BEG MY HERO, TO BEG MY TLY GREAT IEND AND THEN BACK TO BEG MY HERO AGA. I MISS YOU ALREADY," SHE ADD BEFORE WELG LYNN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON CUE, GAYLE AND SUE EXPLOD TO THE OLD-SCHOOL CLASSIC WHOUT MISSG A BEAT. THEY ENURAGED ATTEN TO SG ALONG TO ONE OF LYNN'S BIGGT HS, "COAL MR'S DGHTER," A 1969 MELODY THAT CHRONICL HER UPBRGG THE BLUEGRASS STATE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WERE POOR, BUT WE HAD LOVE | THAT'S THE ONE THG DADDY MA SURE OF | HE SHOVELED AL TO MAKE A POOR MAN'S DOLLAR," BELTED THE TWO WH EMOTN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLACK AND WHE FOOTAGE EMERGED ON THE BIG SCREENS BEHD THEM AS THEY LIVERED THE TRACK THAT PROPELLED LYNN TO STARDOM THE SIXTI. THE CLIPS FEATURE MONUMENTAL MOMENTS THROUGHOUT LYNN'S FLOURISHG REER, OM SUCCSFUL AWARD SHOWS TO JAW-DROPPG PERFORMANC. LYNN WAS THE SEND OLST OF HER SEVEN SIBLGS, BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO PURSUED A REER THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY. SUE AND GAYLE MA THEIR MIL FAY PROUD, BY PLACG THEIR OLD-WORLD SOUND ON FULL DISPLAY. ALTHOUGH GAYLE HAS TRAILED BEHD LYNN, SHE HAS ALSO LEFT A SIGNIFINT MARK ON THE GENRE WH A GRAMMY W, MULTIPLE ACM AWARDS, AND WAS PREVLY NAMED ONE OF THE "GREATT WOMEN OF UNTRY MIC" BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HARMONY-DRIVEN ACT RECEIVED A RPECTFUL ROUND OF APPLSE AND AN STANT STANDG OVATN. LYNN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON TUDAY, OCT 4, AT HER RANCH TENNSEE. DURG A PRIVATE CEREMONY, THE PNEER WAS LAID TO RT LATER THAT WEEK ON HER HURRINE MILLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR AIRED ON FRIDAY, OCT. 14 AT 9P/8C ON CMT. AN IMMEDIATE ENRE SHOWG WILL FOLLOW AT 11P/10C AND ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, AT 8P/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}LORETTA LYNNCMT ARTISTS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"I haven't seen her for a while bee [of the COVID-19 panmic], but I do need to see her real soon, " Gayle says.

INSI LORETTA LYNN AND CRYSTAL GAYLE'S SISTERLY BOND: WE'D 'HAVE OUR WORDS' THEN 'WE'D LGH'

For all the tails on Crystal Gayle's life now, pick up the latt issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.

Many artists have shared tribut to Lynn the wake of her passg, and the sger's sister and fellow untry star Crystal Gayle also wanted to say somethg publicly about the loss of her took to social media to remember Lynn fondly, sharg a classic black-and-whe photo of the Queen of Country Mic wh her guar. 1 hs and more than 50 Top 10 sgl as a untry the youngt of the eight siblgs, Gayle was born Brenda Gail Webb Patsville, Kentucky 1951 and married Bill Gatzimos 1971.

CRYSTAL GAYLE + PEGGY SUE WRIGHT TRIBUTE LATE SISTER LORETTA LYNN AT CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR [WATCH]

Gayle saw succs the 1970s and '80s wh sgl such as "Wrong Road Aga, " "Don't It Make My Brown Ey Blue, " "If You Ever Change Your Md" and more. Crystal Gayle Sgs Wh Loretta Lynn, Interprets Country Stapl on ‘You Don’t Know Me’.

As untry sgers go, Crystal Gayle has long been a sparklg diamond a rhtone world.

While the sger’s recently released You Don’t Know Me betifully shows her elegant, middle-of-the-road vol livery — a qualy that led her to bee one of the most succsful crossover artists of the late Seventi — the rerd also pays homage to Gayle’s ep, abidg nnectn to vtage untry mic. “Loretta, Peggy, and I would sg on the shows that we worked together, ” Gayle tells Rollg Stone Country durg an afternoon nversatn at the Mic Row office buildg that bears her name. Unlike Lynn, who was raised Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, near Patsville, Gayle was raised maly Wabash, Indiana.

CRYSTAL GAYLE TURNS 72! SGER AND GRANDMA-OF-2 CREDS SUCCS TO LATE SISTER LORETTA LYNN'S ADVICE

In 1977, wh “Don’t It Make My Brown Ey Blue, ” Gayle topped the untry chart and peaked at Number 2 on the U.

” The sgle was an ternatnal h as well and Gayle followed up wh more pop crossovers like “Talkg Your Sleep, ” “Half the Way, ” and “You and I, ” a 1982 duet wh Eddie Rabbt. While she has sung material by some of mic’s greatt tunmhs, cludg on a 1999 tribute LP to Hoagy Carmichael, You Don’t Know Me is Gayle shg a light on the bt of untry mic songwrg.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* CRYSTAL GAYLE AND LORETTA LYNN

Insi Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle's Sisterly Bond .

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