Dolly Parton health: 'I fell apart' - legendary singer on 'awful' health battle
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Dolly’s career started after the release of her debut album Hello, I’m Dolly back in 1967. The star has managed to remarkably maintain a successful career, selling more than 100 million records worldwide. She has had 25 songs reach the number one spot on the Billboard country music chart and an overflowing awards cabinet to match. Yet behind the scenes, Dolly has struggled with health problems for a large part of her career. Some of which she revealed in her 2017 book Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton.
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“See, I was thirty-five when I first got sick,” Dolly confessed in the book.
“I went to the very bottom as far as my emotions and my health are concerned.
“I was getting away with murder. I wasn’t watching what I ate, I wasn’t conscious of nutrition, wasn’t taking care of myself. I was working hard, and underneath I was a pile of personal and emotional problems.
“All at once I fell apart. It was stomach problems and female problems—all over health problems actually.
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