Sad news from Nashville this afternoon. The Tennessean is reporting that Lynn Anderson died Thursday night at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center of a heart attack following a bout of pneumonia that hospitalized her after a recent trip to Italy.

She is best known for her 1970 hit '(I Never Promised you a) Rose Garden' which earned her a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award as well as being named  the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year for 1971. During the '60's, she was a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show and had a handful of hits before 'Rose Garden'.

 

According to The Tennessean, she was also a horse breeder and an award-winning, lifelong equestrian who became involved in therapeutic horse riding programs for children. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.

 

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