Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and entertainment reporter Peter Ford break the news of Dolly Parton’s death at age 80, looking back at her incredible rise from a 12-child impoverished Tennessee family to a global superstar with over 100 million records sold.

The segment covered her recent missed commitments, her massive business and philanthropic ventures like Dollywood and the Imagination Library, her late husband, her nephew’s statement on her strong Christian faith, and her song writing genius behind timeless classics like “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You.”

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