Spunky country queen Loretta Lynn has bounced back from the dead, after friends and family feared her devastating May 4 stroke would end her career — and even her life!
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Less than five months later, on Oct. 1, the amazing 85-year-old music icon wowed fans by hitting the concert stage and belting out signature hits like "Coal Miner’s Daughter" at a music festival on her Hurricane Mills Ranch in Tennessee.
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Incredibly, she showed no
ill effects from the stroke — which often causes paralysis and robs victims of speech. “We really thought we’d never see the day when Loretta would be back on stage singing again,” says a friend. “Even at her age, Loretta is as tough as nails.”
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Her situation looked hopeless after this spring’s stroke forced her to cancel all her 2017 concert dates — and scrap the release of her new album, "Wouldn’t It Be Great." As
The National ENQUIRER previously reported, she was alone at home when she collapsed in the evening, and wasn’t discovered until the next morning.
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“Loretta was literally fighting for her life,” says the friend. “Her heart stopped beating at one point and doctors had to resuscitate her.” Even after she rallied, “doctors warned her family she may never fully regain the ability to speak or walk again,” the source says. Yet here she is Oct. 22, trading tales with
Randy Travis and
Bill Anderson.
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“But she worked like the devil in rehab and with physical and speech therapists. Now she sounds just like she always has and is getting around under her own steam.” Loretta, shown here on stage with
George Strait and
Alan Jackson on Oct. 22, is now pestering booking agents to fill up her 2018 calendar!
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Less than five months later, on Oct. 1, the amazing 85-year-old music icon wowed fans by hitting the concert stage and belting out signature hits like "Coal Miner’s Daughter" at a music festival on her Hurricane Mills Ranch in Tennessee.
Incredibly, she showed no
ill effects from the stroke — which often causes paralysis and robs victims of speech. “We really thought we’d never see the day when Loretta would be back on stage singing again,” says a friend. “Even at her age, Loretta is as tough as nails.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Her situation looked hopeless after this spring’s stroke forced her to cancel all her 2017 concert dates — and scrap the release of her new album, "Wouldn’t It Be Great." As
The National ENQUIRER previously reported, she was alone at home when she collapsed in the evening, and wasn’t discovered until the next morning.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Loretta was literally fighting for her life,” says the friend. “Her heart stopped beating at one point and doctors had to resuscitate her.” Even after she rallied, “doctors warned her family she may never fully regain the ability to speak or walk again,” the source says. Yet here she is Oct. 22, trading tales with
Randy Travis and
Bill Anderson.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“But she worked like the devil in rehab and with physical and speech therapists. Now she sounds just like she always has and is getting around under her own steam.” Loretta, shown here on stage with
George Strait and
Alan Jackson on Oct. 22, is now pestering booking agents to fill up her 2018 calendar!
Photo credit: Getty Images
