Loretta Lynn regularly performed in Iowa for more than 50 years

Over the course of more than 50 years, Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday, was a frequent visitor to Iowa.

A new hitmaker on the country scene, she came to the KRNT Theater at 10th and Pleasant streets in Des Moines in February 1962 as part of a bill of Grand Ole Opry performers headlined by Roy Acuff, the Wilburn Brothers and Wanda Jackson. A young Roy Clark also was on the bill.

Lynn was back on other Opry tours throughout the '60s, then as headliner in 1970, taking top bill over Hank Snow. Her Iowa appearances continued almost annually over the next few decades in cities throughout the state and at events including the Iowa State Fair.

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Her final Des Moines visit came in 2011, when at age 78, she performed for a sold-out crowd at Hoyt Sherman Hall, closing with her 1970 classic, "Coal Miner's Daughter." Health problems forced the cancellation of planned Des Moines concerts in 2013 and 2017. Her last Iowa appearance came on June 25, 2016, at the University of Northern Iowa's Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.