00:00But I have a good attitude. I work hard at being happy. You gotta, you know, you gotta work at
00:04that too.
00:05But I really enjoy my life. I enjoy people and I just am happy to get to make a living
00:10at what I love to do.
00:12Beloved country music singer Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.
00:17The icon and renowned philanthropist had been one of music's most recognizable stars for decades.
00:23Her nephew, Brian Seaver, made the announcement.
00:26Dolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton because after a life
00:32wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest.
00:37Rest in peace, Aunt Dolly, Aunt Granny, Gigi.
00:41May God bless Dolly Parton and may God bless you all.
00:44She will always love you.
00:46In 2025, Parton and her family shared that she had been experiencing health challenges, which had forced the cancellation of
00:53a planned residency in Las Vegas.
00:55It prompted the singer's sister to call fans to pray for Dolly.
01:00And in October 2025, Parton released her own statement saying she was not yet ready to die.
01:06And I'm not ready to die yet. I don't think God is through with me and I ain't done working.
01:12So I love you for caring and keep praying for me.
01:16Over her decades in the industry, Parton won 11 Grammy Awards and was nominated more than 50 times.
01:24She was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
01:29She was best known for songs Jolene, I Will Always Love You and Nine to Five.
01:33Three, I wrote this song the same week that I wrote the song I Will Always Love You and two
01:39or three other songs and I found an old tape and I didn't realize I wrote that the same week.
01:43I thought I must have had some good coffee that week.
01:45Now how many of you go so far back that you'd remember a song of mine called Jolene?
01:52Let's sing about her.
02:01Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
02:05Oh, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
02:12Out on the streets, a traffic starts jumping with folks like me on the job from nine to five, yeah!
02:18The theme park Dollywood, which celebrates her life and career, has been operating in Tennessee since 1986, and in 1995,
02:28Parton launched the Imagination Library through her Dollywood Foundation as a means of curbing school dropout rates in East Tennessee.
02:35The program gives free books to children under the age of five across the U.S. every month.
02:41Throughout her life and career, Dolly Parton donated more than $600 million of her wealth to literacy programs and emergency
02:49aid.
02:50Is this a show in itself?
02:52Okay, now!
02:57Ta-da!
