and, at the time of her death, she was the longest-running living member of the Opry. In 2011, Shepard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with songwriter Bobby Braddock and fellow Oklahoma singer Reba McEntire. In 2014, Shepard's autobiography, Down Through the Years, was published. On November 21, 2015, Shepard became the first woman to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 60 consecutive years—a feat that only one other person has achieved. She retired from the stage that night. On September 25, 2016, Shepard died of Parkinson's disease at the age of 82. Shepard was posthumously featured in Ken Burns' Country Music in 2019. Discography Songs of a Love Affair (1956) Lonesome Love (1958) Got You on My Mind (1961) Heartaches and Tears'' (1962) References External links Jean Shepard biography at Opry.com Jean Shepard biography at CMT.com 1933 births 2016 deaths American women country singers American country singer-songwriters People from Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma Grand Ole Opry members Capitol Records artists United Artists Records artists Bakersfield sound Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Members of the Country Music Association Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in Tennessee American autobiographers 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers Country musicians from Oklahoma Women autobiographers