Laura Lynch, founding member of country band The Chicks, dies in car crash
Laura Lynch, a founding member of the U.S. country band The Chicks, died in a head-on car crash on a Texas highway, law enforcement officials said on Saturday. Lynch, 65, was the band's bassist and at one point the main vocalist. She left the group in 1995.
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Laura Lynch, a founding member of the U.S. country band The Chicks, died in a head-on car crash on a Texas highway, law enforcement officials said on Saturday. Lynch, 65, was the band's bassist and at one point the main vocalist. She left the group in 1995.