Dolly Parton at 78: What She Has Said About Getting Old — And Why It's Better Than Any Anti-Aging Advice

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Dolly Parton at 78: What She Has Said About Getting Old — And Why It's Better Than Any Anti-Aging Advice

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Dolly Parton at 78: What She Has Said About Getting Old — And Why It's Better Than Any Anti-Aging Advice

The beauty industry has spent decades trying to convince women that aging is a problem to be solved. Dolly Parton has spent the same decades making aging look like the most interesting thing that could happen to a person.

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She is 78 years old. She is also, by almost any measure, more culturally present than most artists half her age. In the last five years alone she has: released a rock album featuring Paul McCartney and Elton John, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, administered a COVID vaccine on live television, turned down multiple presidential honors, and continued mailing books to children across five countries.

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