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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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Poverty
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