Last Chapter: Through Sickness and Health… Till Death Do Us Part
And she did fight for Mooney. He had his heart surgery in 1992 and then was in and out of the hospital due to diabetes. And then the complications of diabetes cost him both of his legs. She put her career on hold to take care of him. But on August 22, 1996, Mooney finally rested in peace in their home. He was 69.
And as he was dying, Loretta sang to him the last song she wrote for him entitled “Wouldn’t It Be Great.” It was about hearing him say he loved her one last time with a sober mind. She released the song in 2018 as the title track of her 45th solo studio album.
Loretta Lynn and husband Oliver “Mooney” Lynn may have had a turbulent marriage, but they endured through it until death parted them.
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