Facts: - instrument: vocals , guitar - death place: nashville , tennessee - years active: 1966 & nbsp ; -- 1998 - caption: wynette in 1971 - birth name: virginia wynette pugh - label: epic , mca nashville - death date: 06 april 1998 - genre: country , nashville sound - birth date: 05 may 1942 - name: tammy wynette - background: solo_singer - image: tammy wynette.jpg - birth place: iuka , mississippi - associated acts: george loretta lynn , dolly parton , wynonna judd , barbara jones mandrell , randy travis , georgette jones , david houston , - occupation: singer , songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tammy wynette .
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virginia wynette pugh , known professionally by her stage name tammy wynette , -lrb- may 5 , 1942 -- april 6 , 1998 -rrb- was an american country music singer-songwriter and one of country music 's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers .she was an american icon and a country music icon .wynette was called the '' first lady of country music '' , and her best-known song , '' stand by your man '' , is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music .many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness , divorce , and the difficulties of heterosexual relationships .during the late 1960 's and early 1970 's , wynette charted 23 no. 1 songs .along with loretta lynn and dolly parton , she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970 's .wynette 's marriage to country music singer george jones in 1969 , which ended in divorce in 1975 , created a country music '' couple '' , following the earlier success of johnny cash and june carter cash .jones and wynette recorded a sequence of albums and singles that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early eighties .