Dixie Chicks co-founder Laura Lynch dies at 65 after head-on collision

Photo taken in Dallas just before the Dixie Chicks released their album 'Shouldn't A Told You That'. From left, Emily Erwin, Laura Lynch and Martie Erwin. Photo: TNS

Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Chicks – formerly the Dixie Chicks – has died in a car accident in Texas. She was 65.

The musician died following a highway collision outside of El Paso on Friday (Dec 22), her cousin, Mike Lynch, told TMZ.