| Lorrie Morgan Facts |
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Name: |
Loretta Lynn Morgan |
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Birthdate: |
June 27, 1959 |
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Birthplace: |
Nashville, Tennessee |
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Hair: |
Blonde
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Eyes: |
Green
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Spouse: |
country singer Sammy Kershaw. Sammy and Lorrie publicly announced their engagement on Live With Regis And Kelly in April 2001 and were married Sept. 29, 2001, in a Catholic ceremony. They honeymooned in Provincetown, Mass.
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Previous marriages: |
to George Jones' bass player Ron Gaddis in 1970 (divorced 1981); to contry singer Keith Whitley in 1986 (widowed when Keith died of alcohol poisoning in 1989); to Clint Black's bus driver Brad Thompson in 1991 (divorced 1993); to country singer/guitarist Jon Randall in 1996 (divorced 1999).
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Children: |
Morgan Anastasia, born Dec. 22, 1980 (by Ron Gaddis, adopted by Keith Whitley); Jesse Keith, born June 15, 1987 (by Keith Whitley).
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Hobbies: |
horseback riding, swimming, golf, painting and hunting. "I've always been good with a gun," says Lorrie, "but this is my first year to really go out and hunt. Sammy and my son are waiting for me to get my first buck."
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Favorite food: |
spicy chicken - which she now dishes out at her Nashville-area restaurant, HotChickens.com.
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Favorite movies: |
old movies, including An Affair To Remember ("My all-time favorite") and Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte ("Bette Davis was unbelievable to me," Lorrie says of the first time she saw Charlotte's brash star. "She was crazier than hell, and that intrigued me.")
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Favorite TV show: |
I Love Lucy
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Movie and TV roles: |
Lorrie made her acting debut with the lead in the 1993 TNN movie Proudheart, then followed up with a role in the TV film The Stranger Beside Me (1995) and a 1996 appearance as a dim-witted bank robber on TV's America's Dumbest Criminals.
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On style: |
Named Stylemaker of the Year by the National Cosmetology Association in 1993, Lorrie says, "I'm capable of changing my outside appearance in a heartbeat, but on the inside, I'll always remain the same Lorrie."
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Awards: |
CMA's 1990 Vocal Event ("'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose," with Keith Whitley) and 1994 Album of the Year (for her collaboration on the Eagles tribute album Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles.)
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Gold albums: |
War Paint (1994);
Greater Need (1996);
Shakin' Things Up (1999)
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Platinum albums: |
Leave The Light On (1989);
Something In Red (1991);
Watch Me (1992);
Greatest Hits (2 million, 1995)
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Billboard Top 10 Singles: |
"Dear Me" (No 9, 1989);
"Out Of Your Shoes" (No. 2, 1989);
"Five Minutes" (No. 1, 1990);
"He Talks To Me" (No. 4, 1990);
"We Both Walk" (No. 3, 1991);
"A Picture of Me (Without You)" (No. 9, 1991);
"Except For Monday" (No. 4, 1992);
"Watch Me" (No. 2, 1992);
"What Part Of No" (No. 1, 1993);
"Half Enough" (No. 8, 1993);
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" (No. 1, 1995);
"Back In Your Arms Again" (No. 4, 1995);
"Good As I Was To You" (No. 4, 1997);
"Go Away" (No. 3, 1997)
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