Heart, hope and a steely determination: Dolly Parton's musical legacy

Dolly Parton, the country music singer who died in 2026, released 42 studio albums over a career spanning more than five decades. She wrote or co-wrote songs including "Jolene," "9 to 5," and "I Will Always Love You," which was later recorded by Whitney Houston. Parton also founded the Imagination Library, a book donation program that has distributed millions of books to children in multiple countries.

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