Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists.

Jean Shepard was a part of the Grand Ole Opry cast for 60 consecutive years, making hers the longest tenure of any female member. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011....

No mere “girl singer” with a band or part of a husband-wife team, Jean Shepard was one of the first women in country music to front her own tours, thus helping to pave the way for artists such as Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette in the 1960s and beyond.

2016年9月25日 · Trailblazer Jean Shepard, a Country Music Hall of Fame member, a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 60 years and one of traditional country music’s greatest, feistiest advocates, died...

2016年9月25日 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jean Shepard, “the grand lady of the Grand Ole Opry” who had a long recording career as an influential female in country music, died Sunday, according to an Opry spokeswoman.

2016年9月27日 · Jean Shepard, one of the first women to find success in country music as a solo act, died Sunday at age 82. Shepard was a feisty, straight-shooting singer who created a career in an...

2016年9月25日 · Jean Shepard has died. The Country Music Hall of Famer and regular at the Grand Ole Opry for 60 years died on Sunday morning (September 25) at the age of 82.

2016年9月26日 · Jean Shepard, who died Sunday in Nashville, was a masterful country singer who perfected a plain, hard style that dramatized her tales of loss, betrayal and ecstasy without calling attention to...