Dolly Parton's family: A look at the loved ones who were closest to her

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The country music icon, who died Tuesday at 80, was shaped by a large Tennessee mountain family and a nearly 60-year marriage to a husband who avoided the spotlight.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the singer-songwriter and philanthropist whose music carried the story of her Appalachian upbringing to audiences around the world, died Tuesday at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a family statement. She was 80.

She grew up in a large family in East Tennessee. Here's a look at the people who were closest to her.