Dolly Parton: Photos From an Extraordinary Life and Career

Paul Natkin / Getty Dolly Parton performs at the Mill Run Theater in Niles, Illinois, on August 29, 1977.

Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Country singer Dolly Parton and her collaborator Porter Wagoner perform onstage, circa 1967.

Ron Hill / The Oklahoman / USA Today Network / Reuters Dolly Parton and the Wagon Masters pick and sing for a Civic Center Music Hall audience in Oklahoma City on October 8, 1968.

Gary Null / NBC / Getty Dolly Parton sings for Host Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show on December 14, 1977.

Tom Hill / WireImage Dolly Parton greets her fans at an in-store appearance at Peaches Records on May 3, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia.

WENN / Reuters Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda, in costume on the set of the 1980 movie “9 to 5” 20th Century Fox / ZUMA Press / Reuters Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton appear on set in the 1984 movie “Rhinestone.” Doug Pizac / AP Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers rehearse a song for their appearance on the TV show "Live...

And in Person," in Los Angeles on September 27, 1983.

John Seakwood / Disney General Entertainment / Getty Dolly Parton sits in on a performance at Dollywood in 1987.

Getty Dolly Parton meets young schoolchildren at the Magna Science And Adventure Park on December 5, 2007, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

Parton honored the former steelworks town to be the first European location to participate in her “Imagination Library” literacy scheme.

The charitable program, which she launched in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee in 1996, encourages young children to discover the joys of reading, with every participating pre-school age child being sent a free book every month.

Bebeto Matthews / AP From left, Patricia Resnick, Dolly Parton, Robert Greenblatt, Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, and Stephanie Block react during a press conference for the new musical "9 To 5" in New York, on July 15, 2008.

Rick Diamond / Getty Keith Urban and Dolly Parton perform onstage at the 2010 We're All For The Hall benefit concert at the Bridgestone Arena on October 5, 2010, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Christopher Polk / ACM2016 / Getty for DCP Singer-songwriter and producer Dolly Parton accepts the Tex Ritter Award for “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” onstage at the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.