Dolly Parton was at the top of her game at the start of the eighties - her single 9 to 5 was at number one and her movie debut in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was a box office hit.
But behind the scenes, the country legend's life was unravelling with the star plunged into a deep depression after suffering a series of brutal medical setbacks.
For years Dolly, now 74, had been suffering from extreme abdominal pain and bleeding and had undergone two surgeries to stop internal heamorraging.
Pumped full of antibiotics, steroids and hormones, the star started self-medicating with alcohol and food, but both left her throat hoarse and the star unable to sing.
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