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Autobiography 1976: "Coal Miner's Daughter", which was the basis for the film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. One of 5 recipients of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors; other recipients were James Brown, Carol Burnett, Mike Nichols and Itzhak Perlman. Married Oliver Lynn at the age of 13. Four of their six children were born by the time Loretta was 18. She became a first-time grandmother at the age of 29. She is the half-sister of Crystal Gayle; they had different fathers. Son, Jack, drowned in 1984. Was named after screen legend Loretta Young. Was the first woman to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year trophy in 1972. Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Volume 155, pages 284-289. Farmington Hills, Michigan, 2007. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1515 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.