Another passing in the musical family--Holly Dunn, who had a number of C&W hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s ("Are You Ever Gonna Love?"; "Love Someone Like Me"), lost her battle with ovarian cancer at the age of 59 (!). More details here:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt