Loretta Lynn Husband: Meet Oliver Lynn – Oliver Lynn, also known as Doolittle Lynn, was an American talent manager and prominent figure in country music. He is best known as Loretta Lynn’s husband.
Oliver Lynn served as the head of Loretta Lynn Enterprises, Inc., a business set up in 1973 to handle Lynn’s operations.
Loretta Lynn Husband: Meet Oliver Lynn
Oliver Lynn played a significant role in the development of his wife’s musical talent and country music career over the course of their 48-year marriage, which was frequently turbulent, by purchasing her first guitar, setting up her first radio appearances, and acting as her de facto talent manager for many years.
Who is Oliver Lynn?
Oliver Lynn, who was of Irish descent, was born in Butcher Hollow, a town where the coal mining industry was t he main economic driver, in Johnson County, Kentucky, not far from Paintsville.
After serving in the American Army during World War II, he had lost interest in coal mining. He earned a living by peddling moonshine, thus the nickname “Mooney.”
Locals referred to him as “Doolittle” because they thought he wasn’t “doing much,” and his wife Loretta abbreviated it to “Doo.”
When Lynn was 21 years old, she met Loretta Webb, 15, at a pie social. A month later, they were wed.
The newlyweds relocated to Custer, Washington, a year later as Lynn looked for better employment opportunities.
The Lynns had six kids over the course of their marriage: twin girls Peggy and Patsy, Betty Sue, Jack Benny, Clara Marie (“Cissy”), and Ernest Ray (the latter named after Patsy Cline).
Five days before turning 70, on August 22, 1996, Oliver Lynn passed away. His death was attributed to heart failure and diabetes-related health issues. On the Lynn family farm in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, he was laid to rest.
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