Lynn Anderson, country singer, Died at 67

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Another superstar is gone, Lynn Anderson, American country singer who sang “(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden”), she died of a heart attack.

 

Lynn Rene Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was a multi-award-winning American country music singer known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most notably her 1970 country-pop, worldwide megahit “(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden”.

Anderson’s crossover appeal and regular exposure on national television helped her to become one of the most popular and successful country singers of the 1970s.

Lynn Anderson charted 12 No. 1, 18 Top 10, and more than 50 Top 40 hits.

In addition to being named “Top Female Vocalist” by the Academy of Country Music (ACM) twice and “Female Vocalist of the Year” by the Country Music Association (CMA), Anderson won a Grammy Award (earning seven nominations), People’s Choice Award and an American Music Award (AMA).

She was named Billboard’s Female Artist of the Decade (1970–1980).