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Patsy1994

The Life and Times of Patsy Cline

by Margaret Jones

Thirty years after the plane crash that claimed her life and has kept her frozen in time, Patsy Cline remains one of the greatest voices of this century. Since the 1980 film of Loretta Lynn's life, Coal Miner's Daughter (in which Cline was featured as Lynn's mentor and influence), and the 1985 film about Cline's life, Sweet Dreams, Patsy Cline has become a cultural icon with a following all over the world. Once heard, her uniquely haunting voice, with its characteristic sob, is never forgotten.

Her recordings continue to go platinum and her signature song, the Willie Nelson composition "Crazy," is the number-one jukebox hit of all time.

Patsy Cline is an archetypal American heroine who sprang from her own conception of what it truly means to be a star - a woman whose willfulness and...

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