A country music icon whose career coincided with Bob Dylan’s died last week, following a battle with a mystery illness.
Tributes have poured in for Mary Martin, who was 85 and considered an unsung hero for folk and rock music.
A sort of connector and catalyst for the genres, she passed away on Thursday while receiving palliative care at Nashville’s Alive Hospice.
She rubbed shoulders early on with Dylan in the 60s, before winning a Grammy for an album in which he was featured.
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