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Country singer Kitty Wells dies at 92

Kitty Wells [photo:BBC]

Kitty Wells, who was the first woman solo artist on the country music charts to score a number one hit, has died at the age of 92.

She made it to number one in the US with It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels in 1952 and was recognised by the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976.

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