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I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
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Butcher Holler
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