HE was as much a legend for his love of women as he was for the hit songs that made him a global superstar who sold 120million albums worldwide.
And the death on Friday of Coward Of The County country music icon Kenny Rogers aged 81 marked the end of an epic life that featured three Grammys, five wives — and a phone sex scandal.
One of his greatest songs, Islands In The Stream, was a 1983 duet with fellow country music legend Dolly Parton and people always saw electricity between them.
But there was never any romance. Instead, they became life-long friends. Kenny joked of their relationship: “I’m a believer that tension is better if you keep it than if you satisfy it.
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