Dolly Parton turns 80 this month, as she celebrates this very special birthday, we bring you some Dolly wisdom! ‘We’re at our best when we see the best in everyone around us’

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From ‘a little town with a lot of hard knocks,’ as Dolly put it, came the biggest-selling female country singer the world had ever seen

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Despite being born in Harlingen, Texas, and achieving early film success in Italy, actress and plus-sized pioneer Fran Fullenwider became a true mainstay of British culture and television. Born in 194

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