Dolly Parton's public persona was often shadowed by health challenges, including a diagnosis of endometriosis in her 30s, which led to a partial hysterectomy. In the early 1980s, her career was briefly interrupted by what she called 'female issues' and weight gain, and she also disclosed that kidney stones had troubled her for years. Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children. Despite growing up in a household with scarce money, music was always present in her life.
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