RIP Dolly Parton

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The day after Dolly graduated high school, she moved to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a star.

 

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The self-proclaimed "Backwoods Barbie" grew up in a one room cabin without electricity or running water in the Smoky Mountains.

 

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Love called—and Dolly answered when she married Carl Dean on May 30, 1966. The two met the day Dolly arrived in Nashville in 1964 and are still together.

 

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Dolly's big break took place when she joined The Porter Wagoner Show, a popular syndicated show, in 1967.

 

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Don't underestimate this blonde's ambition. Dolly's career has spanned more than 50 years and includes music, television, movies and even her own theme park, Dollywood, which celebrates her small-town Tennessee roots.

 

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Dolly has toured across the world and has sold more than 100 million albums.

 

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Country music queen Dolly Parton wraps up her London tour in 1977.

 

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In 1996, the Dollywood Foundation started its Imagination Library Project. The program gives out books to children once a month from the time they're born until they start kindergarten. The program spread throughout Tennessee and eventually expanded all over the United States.

 

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Dolly has had 25 number one singles, including "I Will Always Love You," "9 to 5," "Coat of Many Colors" and "Jolene."

 

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15M views · 511K reactions | 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 This episode of the Tonight Show was on September 19, 1979. | Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb

𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 This episode of the Tonight Show was on September 19, 1979.

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