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Country Music Icon Loretta Lynn Once Admitted She Wasn’t Scared Of Death

by Lauren Novak

Published October 5, 2022

Loretta Lynn wasnt scared of death

Country singer Loretta Lynn passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 4. Prior to her passing, she has spoken about death over the years and how she wasn’t really that scared of the afterlife. After her husband, Oliver passed away in 1996, Loretta shared some of her thoughts on what happens when we die.

She said, “Everybody probably goes to the same place. I don’t know what’s gonna happen, I don’t think anybody really knows for a fact. Not long ago wasn’t it this preacher said it was gonna be the end of time? I think the end of time is gonna be the day you die. I don’t want to do some wrong that I might accidentally go to the other place, so I’m gonna stick with God. [Laughs] If there’s a God, I’m stickin’ with Him!”

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Loretta Lynn shared her thoughts on the afterlife

Loretta Lynn, circa 1981
Loretta Lynn, circa 1981. (c)ABC. Courtesy: Everett Collection

Even though Loretta and Oliver’s marriage was quite difficult at times, she took his death very hard and admitted that she missed him a lot. She explained, “He kind of kept things going, like me recording. He’d always tell me how good I was, and that always helped a lot. He would say, ‘You know, we need to get a new record out,’ or whatever. He always kept me moving. And if it hadn’t been for him, I wouldn’t have been singing, period.”

RELATED: Loretta Lynn, Country Music Icon, Dies At 90

Loretta Lynn, singing, circa 1980s
Loretta Lynn, singing, circa 1980s / Everett Collection

Before Loretta passed away, she lost two of their six children. Betty Sue Lynn died of emphysema in 2013 while Jack Benny Lynn died in 1984 at just 34 years old. He reportedly drowned while riding on a horse at the family ranch.

LORETTA LYNN, from her TV Special, 'Seasons of My Life,' 11/13/1991
LORETTA LYNN, from her TV Special, ‘Seasons of My Life,’ 11/13/1991. (c)TNN. Courtesy: Everett Collection 1991

May Loretta rest in peace.

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