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GALLERY: Celebrating Dolly Parton’s Laugh

Country Music icon Dolly Parton is always smiling and with her sense of humor is often laughing. She’s one of the most endearing stars in country music and her infectious…

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
GALLERY: Celebrating Dolly Parton's Laugh
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Country Music icon Dolly Parton is always smiling and with her sense of humor is often laughing. She's one of the most endearing stars in country music and her infectious humor is part of the reason why.

So today, just for a smile, we celebrate Dolly's laugh.

-Nancy Brooks

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Laughing with press in Melbourne, Australia in 2014.

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Cutting up with Kellie Pickler and Carrie Underwood in 2009.

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2018 - Dolly always loves a good Dolly drag queen.

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Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson share a laugh in 2001.

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Dolly on the red carpet in full laughing bloom as she attends Kenny Rogers 50th Anniversary show.

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Dolly Parton and Jennifer Nettles sharing a laugh in 2016. Jennifer played Dolly's Mother in the Coat Of Many Colors movie series.

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Dolly Parton laughs with host Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show in 2002.

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Singing in Hollywood.

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Dolly always fun at a 1987 press conference.

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Dolly laughing it up in Hollywood in 2003 at the "Women in Rock" gift lounge.

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Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor
Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.
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