Dolly Parton, one of country music's greatest legends, dead at 80
Dolly Parton, the country music star beloved for her music and philanthropy, has died, her family said in a statement.
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Rhianna Schmunk · CBC News
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Dolly Parton, an omnipresent country music legend adored by fans for her artistry, honesty and philanthropy, has died. She was 80.
Her death was confirmed by her family Tuesday in a statement.
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains on Jan. 19, 1946. The fourth of 12 children, Parton grew up inside a two-log Appalachian cabin with a family whose musical roots went back generations.
She spoke often of using the front porch as her earliest stage, fashioning a microphone out of a tin can balanced on a tobacco stick wedged into the crack between the wooden slats.
"I used to have all the kids and the ducks in the chickens out in the front yard, they were my audience — the kids too small to get away from me — and I just pictured myself out there in the big world, singing songs I'd written, performing to people and getting out of the mountains," Parton said.
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