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INTRODUCTION |
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HER
STORY |
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QUOTES |
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TRIVIA |
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NICKNAME |
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GALLERY |
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CURIOS |
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VOX
POPULI |
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SHOP |
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Dolly
is afraid of the dark and sleeps with a night light on. |
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Many
people think that the song I Will Always Love You was written
about breaking up with some lover, but in fact Dolly wrote it about
Porter Wagoner and the special, although painfully heart-wrenching
time they spent together. |
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Her
signature song Coat of Many Colors is still her favorite song
that she ever wrote or sang. |
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She
is unable to have children of her own because of an allergic
reaction she experienced to birth control pills when she was younger. |
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The
children's television series Sesame Street introduced a
character in homage to Dolly Parton. She had blue skin and blonde
hair and went by the name of Polly Darton. |
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She
and her husband Carl Dean raised five of her younger brothers and
sisters. |
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Her
Oscar nominated song 9 To 5 from 9 To 5 was ranked
number 78 while her song writing contribution for I'll Always
Love You from The Bodyguard came in at number 65 on The
American Film Institute's list of The 100 Years of The Greatest
Songs. |
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She
was one of 12 children - she grew up in a 1-room cabin in Tennessee. |
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Dolly
the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, was named after Dolly Parton. |
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There
is endless debate over her world famous measurements. Her hometown
newspaper says 38-26-38. The Book Of People in 1981 reported
39-25-39. Italy's Novella 2000 claimed in 1985 that she was
44-26-38. In 1984 Dolly said that she was 40-20-38. A salesperson at
Fredericks of Hollywood confided in 1985 that she purchases black
push-up bras size 36DD. |
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Her
late father Robert was one of 15 children, and her mother Avie was
one of 10. |
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Her
sister, Rachel Dennison also appeared in 9 To 5. |
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Has agreed to pose in the nude for Penthouse magazine
... on her 100th birthday. |
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Loves
to buy fitness videos and then sit watching them while eating cookies. |
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Always
uses butterflies as her logos, since she feels they represent beauty and
freedom. |
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Her
marriage to Carl Dean has wobbled on amid tales of mutual philandering for over 30 years. |
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Reportedly
has her breasts insured for $600,000. |
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Has
copyrighted over 3,000 songs. |
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She's
known as The Iron Butterfly because she is always too nice to run over someone, so she instead
runs around them,
but always gets what she wants. The nickname also refers to her confessed
tactic of going into a boardroom and getting her way because men often
think she's just a dumb pair of breasts, when in reality she has an IQ
projected by experts to be around 140 or 145, and takes almost complete
control of all of her affairs, both in her art and in business. |
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