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Dean was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville. The headstone is engraved with a mountain scene featuring a wood cabin and barn. Dean's name is on the right side of the marker ...

Dolly Parton had one musical request for her funeral, and she revealed what song she chose in an interview 12 years before ...

Dolly Parton spent more than six decades doing things her own way — and, as it turns out, she had some very specific ideas about how she wanted to say goodbye. The country music legend died on Aug. 25 ...

Dolly Parton spent decades living one of the most public lives in country music, but when it came to her final goodbye, the legendary singer wanted something remarkably different. Parton’s cousin and ...

Country music icon Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Here's how fans can pay tribute to her. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ...

Dolly Parton revealed which song she hoped would play at her funeral more than a decade before her death. The country music icon passed away at 80 after abrief battle with cancer on August 25. Parton ...

“I Will Always Love You” became one of its defining songs. Parton wrote it when she was preparing to leave The Porter Wagoner Show, where Wagoner had been her creative partner. After Houston’s ...

Years before her death on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Dolly Parton had already voiced some wishes for her funeral, including a song she wanted to be played. The cultural icon died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer ...

Dolly Parton has reached her final resting place. Following her death on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer, the country music icon was laid to rest in a private funeral for her ...