The Life of Country Music Icon Dolly Parton

In 2007, Porter Wagoner died after he and Dolly had reconciled, closing one of the most important relationships of her early career. Their history included television success, hit duets, creative dependence, conflict, and a painful professional breakup.

By the end of his life, the bitterness between them had softened. Their reconciliation gave their story a quieter ending than the lawsuit years suggested, but it also forced people to look back at how much of her rise had begun beside him.