Loretta Lynn's unlikely country music success story will now include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday afternoon (August 8, 2013) that the country music legend, whose humble Kentucky mountain beginnings have always been a big part of her story, is among 16 people, including former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem and the late Sally Ride, who will be awarded the medal at a White House ceremony later this year.MORE HERE
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