Is Dolly Parton still alive?

Dolly Parton is one of the most iconic and successful country singers of all time.

Dolly has composed over 3,000 songs, including I Will Always Love You, which became a huge hit for Whitney Houston in 1992.

Her other big hits include ‘Jolene’, ‘Coat of Many Colours’, ‘Islands in the Stream’ (with Kenny Rogers), and ‘9 to 5’.

In 1966, Dolly married Carl Dean. He is a retired asphalt road-paving businessman, who prefers to stay out of the limelight.

While Dolly does not use Dean’s surname professionally, she has said that her passport says ‘Dolly Parton Dean’. She has also said that he has seen her perform only once.

Dolly and Dean helped raise several of Dolly’s younger siblings in Nashville, with her nieces and nephews referring to her as ‘Aunt Granny’, which became the name of one of the singer’s Dollywood restaurants.

Dolly had always wanted a solo career and decided to leave Wagoner’s company.

Their last duet concert took place in April 1974, and she left his TV show in mid-1974.