When Lynn was 13, she met Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn at a pie supper. He was 21, had served in the Army and already had a reputation for wildness. The two married in January 1948, when she was 15 ...

At 15, she married returning war veteran “Doolittle” Lynn, the first boy she’d ever kissed. The two moved to Washington state and within four years she’d given birth to three children.

Oliver Lynn, more commonly known as either Doolittle or Mooney, controlled Loretta's life, including her career, he wanting to maintain her simple image without any "whorish" embellishments such ...

She was the second of eight children, and at the young age of 15, she married Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, a man six years her senior and who became instrumental in helping launch Lynn's successful ...