Given that Dolly Parton is the true epitome of a Cinderella story, she's faced some of the tragedies that you'd expect. Still, that doesn't make the fact that both of Parton's parents have passed away any less heartbreaking. And while everyone has to eventually come to terms with the fact that their parents will likely pass away before them, it's still tragic.
In 2001, on a Sunday in November, Parton's father, Robert Lee Parton, died at the Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee in Knoxville, according to CMT. Then, in 2003, CMT reported that Parton's mother, Avie Parton, passed away on Friday, December 5. Both of those deaths must have been hard on Parton, but seeing as she was especially close to her father, it wouldn't be surprising if that death hit her particularly hard.
It's not easy to lose a parent, especially for Parton, who's already had so much loss in her life. Perhaps it's not so easy being Dolly Parton for a day after all.
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