Dolly Parton, who announced the death of her husband Carl Dean March 3, detailed how she is dealing with the loss of her ...

Dolly Parton shared some insight into how she's holding up as she mourns the death of her husband of 58 years, Carl Dean.

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Since singing about injustices in the 1960s, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, 85, has sung about social justice and equality.

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as Frost, who had every reason to veil his sexual velleities for his friend’s wife when he wrote about them in public, would ...

Collins' adored second husband, Louis Nelson, dies of undiagnosed cancer Her "working like a maniac" is helping her recover from the shocking death of ... to write more poems and use many of ...

Dolly Parton is one of the most beloved figures in country music, and perhaps in pop culture generally. The prolific singer ...