Many might be wondering if Dolly Parton had any children.
If you did not see the news, the country music legend passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday (August 25).
Dolly Parton did not have any children
Dolly and her husband Carl Dean did not have any kids together. If you didn’t know, Dolly and Carl met outside of the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18. They married two years later on May 30, 1966 in a small ceremony.
Carl passed away in March of 2025.
Dolly Parton once explained why she did not become a mother
She made an appearance on a 2020 episode of Apple TV+’s The Oprah Conversation where she spoke on this topic.
“Since I had no kids, and my husband was pretty independent, I had freedom. So I think a big part of my whole success is the fact that I was free to work,” she said.
“I didn’t have children because I believed that God didn’t mean for me to have kids so everybody’s kids could be mine, so I could do things like Imagination Library, because if I hadn’t had the freedom to work, I wouldn’t have done all the things I’ve done. I wouldn’t be in a position to do all of the things I’m doing now,” she added.
By the way, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income.
Find out why Dolly Parton was in the hospital leading up to her death.
The post Did Dolly Parton Have Kids? Why She Didn’t Become a Mother, In Her Own Words appeared first on Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment.