Sandy Posey, the former country music and pop singer, died at her Tennessee home Saturday. She was 80.

Wade Cummins, Posey’s husband, told TMZ that she had “a slow decline over the past seven years” in a battle dementia.

According to the report, Cummins and daughter Amy were was by Sandy’s bedside.

Posey was born in 1944 in Jasper, Alabama, and she started her career in 1965. Sandy was known for her string of hit singles throughout the ‘60s, such as “Born a Woman” and “Single Girl.” Other songs of hers include “I Take It Back,” “Bring Him Safely Home to Me,” “What a Woman in Love Won’t Do” and others.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum shared on social media she also did session work for Elvis Pressley and recorded with famed producer Billy Sherrill.

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