Lubbock native and acclaimed sculptor Glenna Goodacre died Monday.

Goodacre was known for designing the Sacagawea dollar coin and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., among many other pieces. Multiple Goodacre sculptures are featured in the Texas Tech Public Art Collection.

In 1997, Glenna Goodacre was inducted onto the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock. In 2008, a portion of Eighth Street in Lubbock was renamed Glenna Goodacre Boulevard, according to A-J Archives.

Goodacre’s son-in-law, and entertainer Harry Connick Jr., announced her death on social media. Connick is married to Goodacre’s daughter, Jill Goodacre, who was a supermodel in the 1980s.

"I lost my mother, hero and best friend today, and my heart is completely broken," Connick shared on Facebook on his wife’s behalf. "She was one of the most celebrated artists of all time, and yet she always said that her greatest pieces were her two children. I will miss her love, laughter, and humor."

Connick added in the post that his mother-in-law was a master artist who personified strength and resolve.

Glendell Maxey Goodacre was born in Lubbock on Aug. 28, 1939. She is a third-generation well-known Maxey in Lubbock. Both her father and grandfather, Homer and James Maxey, respectively, were distinguished civic leaders of their time.

Goodacre graduated from Monterey High School before attending Colorado College and the Art Students League in New York, according to A-J Archives. Her early art was mostly drawings and paintings.

She was back in Lubbock in 1969 when Forrest Fenn, a local foundry owner, handed her a lump of clay and suggested she try sculpting. In a Denver Post feature, Goodacre said she sculpted a small figurine using a paring knife, toothpick and bobby pin of her daughter Jill.

Fenn’s encouragement pushed her to pursue sculpture as a medium.

She spent much of her professional life in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After suffering a traumatic head injury in 2007, Goodacre returned to work until her retirement in 2016.