Dolly Parton is mourning the loss of her beloved uncle Bill Owens. In an emotional letter shared to her website, the country music icon, 75, penned an emotional letter announcing the passing of Owens, who died on April 7 at 86-years-old. “I’ve lost my beloved Uncle Bill Owens.
I knew my heart would break when he passed, and it did. I’ll start this eulogy by saying I wouldn’t be here if he hadn’t been there,” she wrote. “He was there… there in my young years to encourage me to keep playing my guitar, to keep writing my songs, to keep practicing my singing.
And he was there to help build my confidence standing on stage where he was always standing behind me or close beside me with his big ol’ red Gretsch guitar.” RELATED: Dolly Parton Fully
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