Dolly Parton's career: Music, red carpets and style (22 images)

Dolly Parton, who founded the "Imagination Library" in her native Sevier County in Tennessee, attends a function at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2000. Parton was in town to pick up an award from the Association of American Publishers for her efforts to promote literacy. Her five-year-old program has already donated 150,000 books to the county's children. Photo by Joel Rennich/UPI

Parton performs at the Pageant Theater during her concert in St. Louis, on August 28, 2002. The following year, Parton received tribute on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Parton arrives at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, on March 5, 2006. In 2004, Parton received the American Legion's Good Guy Award for her work with women's health, literacy and education in her native east Tennessee, as well as the Living Legend Award from the U.S. Library of Congress. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Parton arrives for a celebration of the Special Edition DVD release of "9 to 5" in Hollywood, on March 30, 2006. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI