Celebrate Dolly Parton's 70th Birthday with 10 Heartwarming Stories About Her Life

Dolly Parton transcends the term 'national treasure'; her appeal is international and her charm universally irresistible. She's loved the world over for her unique, soulful singing voice, huge smile and overriding warmth. She might look like Barbie

Dolly Rebecca was born fourth of 12 children to Robert and Avie (Owens) Parton in Locust Ridge, Tenn., in Sevier County. Her father paid the doctor that attended her birth with a bag of oatmeal. — Robert Parton was a sharecropper, mostly in tobacco.

Context: Back in 1980, when Parton joined Tomlin and Fonda in chatting with TODAY's Jim Brown about "9 to 5," she claimed the closest she'd come to making a movie was going on "the Universal Tour." True, "9 to 5" was her first movie, but it wouldn't be

The 56 year old, who is hard of hearing but still in his rockin' years, has repeatedly breached 'anti-social' behavior orders for playing music by the likes of Dolly and Johnny Cash too loudly and late into the night at his home. Branded in 2010 as

Distraught country legend Dolly Parton — who has bravely battled her own physical ailments — is locked in a race against time to save the life of her ailing pal! Desperate Dolly has joined the search for an organ donor to help her longtime personal