Kent Wells spoke with Parade exclusively.

Parton posed with a fire extinguisher in a round of images honoring her 80th birthday.

PEOPLE celebrates the "Jolene" singer-songwriter's life and career in a new special edition issue ...

Dolly Parton surprised fans in September when she was forced to cancel a public appearance and postpone her upcoming Las Vegas residency from December to the following year due to health issues. Her ...

Dolly Parton has been busy working on new music, releasing books and promoting new projects, but she’s doing so amid health challenges and while grieving the loss of her husband of nearly 60 years.

As Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday and a new "Dolly Parton Day," a new biography by Martha Ackmann looks back at ...

Paired with a multi-colored butterfly cake.

This list of 80 great moments from the country icon celebrates her birthday and a generous life dedicated to fans, friends and family.

Eight of McEntire's band and crew members died in a plane crash after the "Fancy" singer's concert in San Diego in March 1991 ...

Jan. 19, Dolly Parton's 80th birthday, is now officially Dolly Parton Day in Tennessee. This year, the brand new holiday ...

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, ...