Parton wasn't always one of the wealthiest women in the music industry, though. She grew up poor in the Smoky Mountains, and her family was in such dire straits that her father, Robert Lee Parton, had ...

Dolly was born on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. She was the fourth of 12 children, all of whom lived in a two-room home. Her mother, Avie Lee Owens Parton, was a homemaker who created ...

The family is generally quiet about internal matters. Part of it is probably to protect Dolly and preserve the family name,” ...

One child in Denver called her "The Book Queen". Another in Alabama calls her "Ms Dolly". Across the globe in Australia, a toddler with speech delays delighted her family with her first word - "orange ...