Lynn Anderson (Source: LynnAndersonshow.com)NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -Country music singer Lynn Anderson has died at the age of 67.Anderson was best known for the 1970 crossover hit (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden. The song earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and a CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year.
According to the Tennessean, Anderson was hospitalized with pneumonia after a trip to Italy. She died of a heart attack Thursday night at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Funeral plans are still being made.
The Nashville Songwriters Association issued the following statement after Anderson’s death:
“Lynn Anderson’s death is a personal loss to the Nashville Songwriters Association. Lynn was family. Her parents, Casey Anderson and the late Liz Anderson, were two of NSAI’s founding members. Her parents were given the ‘Stephen Foster’ award by the NSAI in February this year, where Lynn performed. … We will truly miss her.”
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