- Dixie Chicks’ founding member
- Laura Lynch’s tragic death
- Band mourns her loss
“Shocked and saddened” is how the American country ensemble, presently known as The Chicks, expressed their sorrow.
At the age of 65, Laura Lynch, one of the Dixie Chicks’ founding members, was killed in a vehicle accident.
On Friday, her cousin Mick Lynch told the entertainment news outlet TMZ that at the time of the collision, she was driving outside El Paso, Texas.
Following the head-on collision, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene.
A department report stated that the driver of the other vehicle was transported to the hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” and an investigation into the collision is ongoing.
Lynch co-founded the American country ensemble in 1989 with Robin Lynn Macy, sisters Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire, and bassist Lynch.
The band, which presently consists of Natalie Maines, Strayer, and Maguire, altered their nomenclature to The Chicks in 2020 in response to censure regarding the application of the term “Dixie,” which frequently alluded to the southern states of the United States that seceded from the Union around 1860 to establish the Confederate States of America.
“Don’t miss out! Grab your free shares of Webull UK today!”
Laura Lynch’s Impact and Legacy
They wrote in an X post, “Laura was an illumination…Her humour and contagious vitality infused the early stages of our ensemble with life.
Laura was instrumental in the band’s early success due to her design prowess and passion for all things Texas.
We expanded from street corner vigils to stages across Texas and the mid-West because to her skills.
At this time of sorrow, our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.
The ensemble released three albums together prior to Lynch’s departure: Thank Heavens For Dale Evans in 1990, Little Ol’ Cowgirl in 1992, and Shouldn’t A Told You That in 1993.
Wide Open Spaces, their fourth studio album with Maines on lead vocals, was the group’s commercial breakthrough in 1998.
Fly (1999), Home (2002), and Take The Long Way (2006) followed, topping US album charts.
In July, The Chicks provided support for Bruce Springsteen at BST Hyde Park in London.
Researchers develop cholesterol vaccine, linked to 18M fatalities
