VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-26
“very special kind of sacred freedom.”
Dolly Parton · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Parton told Walters in a 1982 interview that her nearly 60-year marriage to Carl Dean gave her a very special kind of sacred freedom.
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