Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, now referred to as The Chicks, was killed in a automobile crash in Texas on Friday, in line with TMZ. The musician was 65 on the time of her loss of life and her cousin, Mick Lynch, informed the outlet she handed simply outdoors of El Paso whereas driving from there to close by Dell City, which is about an hour and a half away going east, after sundown. She was reportedly touring on a freeway and obtained right into a collision.
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety additionally confirmed Laura’s loss of life, the outlet additional reported. Law enforcement mentioned their preliminary investigation at present exhibits that Laura was heading east on Highway 62, and one other automobile heading west tried to cross one other automobile in entrance of it on a two-way undivided portion of the freeway.
Laura Co-Founded The Dixie Chicks
The gifted star co-founded the now well-known nation group together with Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin in 1989. She served because the bassist earlier than changing into the lead vocalist of the group. They first began out taking part in native exhibits round Texas and launched their first album, Thank Heavens for Dale Evans, in 1990. Their second album, Little Ol’ Cowgirl, was later launched in 1992, additional placing them on the music map.
Laura Was Eventually Replaced within the Music Group
After the exit of co-founding member, Robin Lynn, within the early Nineteen Nineties, Laura and the opposite two Dixie Chicks launched their third album, Shouldn’t a Told You That, earlier than Laura was then changed by Natalie Maines in 1995. Although there are numerous rumors about why Laura left the group, it appears she felt she was headed into a special course than the opposite members and needed to focus on household and different private issues.
She went on to stay a largely non-public life and later expressed no regrets about leaving regardless of the group’s rising success within the following years. “It was worth it. I’d get anemic all over again to do it,” she reportedly mentioned about her time with the group.
Laura was Married with a Child
Laura married Mac Tull in 1997 they usually reportedly shared a daughter, Asia, collectively.
Laura Liked to Paint
The late star reportedly spent her time studying “oil paint” earlier than her loss of life. Little else is identified about her non-public life within the years after she left the Dixie Chicks.
Laura Once Spoke Out About The Dixie Chicks/President Bush Controversy
After the three remaining members of the Dixie Chicks admitted they had been “ashamed” of President George Bush earlier than the battle in Iraq and throughout the time he was serving within the White House in 2003, controversy ensued, however Laura revealed she felt fairly otherwise about him than her former bandmates.
“I love our president. I really do,” she informed My Plainview. “I think the world of him. I really revere our President Bush, and I revere the highest office in our country to the utmost. And that’s who I am.”
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