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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2010 file photo, singer Loretta Lynn poses in the press room during the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Newly discovered documents indicate country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has le Evan Agostini, File, Associated Press
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An undated image provided by the Johnson County, Ky., clerk’s office shows Loretta Lynn's marriage certificate for her marriage to Oliver Vanetta Lynn, Jr. Newly discovered documents indicate country music legend Lynn is three years older than she has led Johnson County, Ky., clerk’s office, Associated Press
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An image of the birth certificate of country music legend Loretta Lynn, who was born Loretta Webb, is seen in an image provided by the Kentucky state Office of Vital Statistics. Newly discovered documents indicate country music legend Loretta Lynn is thre Kentucky state Office of Vital Statistics, Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Associated Press has discovered documents that show country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe.

The documents show Lynn is 80, not 77.

The new age found in birth and marriage records call into question the story she told in "Coal Miner's Daughter."

In that autobiography and the 1980 film, Lynn said she was married at 13. The new documents show she married just shy of her 16th birthday.

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Lynn isn't commenting. Her representative, Nancy Russell, says Lynn has said to her that it isn't anyone's business how old she is.

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