Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Dolly Parton celebrates her milestone 80th birthday, a past interview reveals a surprisingly candid confession. In 1978, Parton ...

WASHINGTON — As Dolly Parton reflects on her nearly seven-decade career and life offstage, the country legend is opening up about love, aging and the recent loss of her husband of 58 years, Carl Dean.

Dolly Parton joined Belles on this latest chapter in the saga of “Jolene.” “When I heard ‘Son of Jolene,’ I thought it was very clever,” Parton told People magazine. “No one had ever thought of it ...

In 1959, a skinny 13-year-old girl stepped off a bus in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after a 30-hour ride with her grandmother. She walked into a recording studio in a garage attached to a TV repair shop, ...

Dolly Parton and WBIR-TV share a history woven through decades of East Tennessee stories, moments and memories. Now, in 2026, one more meaningful milestone brings us together — a birthday that feels ...