Dolly Partonis not ready to retire and she recently opened up that she doesnt plan on ever doing it.

I would never retire, she told Ken Bruce during an interview onGreatest Hits Radio.

Ill just hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song onstage someday, hopefully, one Ive written.

Dolly Parton

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But anyway, thats how I hope to go because we dont have much of a choice in that.

I think Ive left a great body of work behind, Parton said in an interview withThe Independent.

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