Country Singer Dolly Parton Dies at 80
She wrote famous songs like Jolene and I Will Always Love You.
Dolly Parton has died. She was 80 years old.
She was a famous country singer from Tennessee, in the United States.
She wrote more than 3,000 songs. Her most famous songs are Jolene and I Will Always Love You.
She sold more than 100 million records. She won 10 Grammy awards.
Dolly was born in 1946. Her family was poor. She had 11 brothers and sisters.
She started singing in church when she was six. She sang on TV when she was a teenager.
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies Aged 80
The singer and songwriter from Tennessee wrote more than 3,000 songs in a career of over 60 years.
Dolly Parton, one of the most famous country singers in the world, has died at the age of 80. Her team announced the news on social media.
Parton was born in 1946 in Tennessee, in the south of the United States. She was the fourth of 12 children in a poor farming family, and they lived in a cabin with one bedroom.
She began singing in her local church at the age of six and was performing on local television as a teenager. When she was 13, she sang at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, the most famous stage in country music.
In a career of more than 60 years, Parton wrote over 3,000 songs, sold more than 100 million records and won 10 Grammy awards. Her best-known songs include Jolene, I Will Always Love You and Coat of Many Colors.
Parton always said she was a songwriter first. "It's my way of expressing myself," she said. "It's my therapy." She was also known for her bright, colourful style and her quick sense of humour.
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Icon Behind Jolene, Dies at 80
From a one-bedroom cabin in Tennessee to more than 100 million records sold, the singer-songwriter's career spanned seven decades.
Dolly Parton, the country music star whose songs told stories of love, loss and life in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, has died at the age of 80. Her team announced her death on social media.
In a career spanning seven decades, Parton wrote more than 3,000 songs, sold over 100 million records worldwide and won 10 Grammy awards. Her best-known hits include Jolene, Coat of Many Colors and I Will Always Love You, which later became a global success for Whitney Houston.
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in 1946, the fourth of 12 children in a poor farming family who lived in a one-bedroom cabin. Music ran in the family: her mother sang folk songs and her uncle accompanied her on guitar at her earliest performances. She sang in the church where her grandfather was the pastor from the age of six, appeared on local television as a teenager and, at 13, performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, where she was introduced by Johnny Cash.
Parton considered herself a songwriter above everything else. "It's my way of expressing myself," she once said. "It's my therapy." She was also a sharp businesswoman who took control of her own career, and she used her famously glamorous image and quick wit to get ahead of any jokes about her appearance.
After finishing high school in 1964 she moved to Nashville to begin her singing career, and met her future husband, Carl Dean, on her very first day in the city.
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