Inside Dolly and Randy Parton's poverty-stricken childhood with heartbreaking loss
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mirror.co.ukDolly Parton's tale in one of rags to riches, rising from her poverty-stricken childhood to musical renown and global superstardom.
It emerged today that brother Randy - one of the singer's 11 siblings - has died following a cancer battle. Dolly has since released a statement sharing the sad news, expressing grief and remorse but proudly writing that Randy was "shining in heaven now." It's not the first heartbreak Dolly has suffered in her lifetime.
As the fourth eldest of the 12, Dolly was often tasked with helping her parents out with the younger children in any way that she could.
In rural Tennessee, it was a house of 14 under one roof. "The kids peed on me every night," the star told Playboy in 1978, "We slept three and four in the
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