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作者：盖尔·金 《CBS晨间新闻》联合主持人
盖尔·金是获奖记者、《CBS晨间新闻》联合主持人。金曾采访过众多新闻人物，并为《CBS晨间新闻》以及哥伦比亚广播公司新闻所有栏目和平台提供原创报道。她同时也是《奥普拉日报》的特约编辑，并主持SiriusXM每周直播广播节目《盖尔·金驾到》。
艾丽西亚·奥尔福德、凯蒂·雷·史密斯
斯特拉·帕顿表示，上月末在与癌症抗争后去世的妹妹多莉·帕顿，在离世时“确实已经做好了准备”，且内心平静。
“我知道她当时很平静，”斯特拉·帕顿在接受《CBS晨间新闻》联合主持人盖尔·金的独家专访时说道。
“哪怕几个月没见，我只要看她的脸就能察觉她的情绪。在镜头前也是一样，我能看出她是受伤了、生气了、开心还是难过，或是身体不适，这些都能从她脸上看出来，”斯特拉·帕顿说。
粉丝们仍在悼念多莉——这位乡村音乐超级巨星、企业家、慈善家兼远见者。
但在斯特拉·帕顿眼中，这位传奇巨星不过是个会每周二早上边喝咖啡边和自己通电话的大姐。
“她知道自己要去往何方，”斯特拉·帕顿谈及妹妹临终前的心境时说，“她要去的地方不是什么不好的地方，她要去和爸爸妈妈团聚了。”
斯特拉·帕顿与金在纳什维尔的RCA A录音室一同接受了采访，多莉·帕顿曾在此录制过不少最经典的歌曲。斯特拉回忆道，当时自己7岁，比她大3岁的姐姐多莉就已经开启了电视和音乐事业，“就像一只展翅高飞的小鸟”。
这位在田纳西州乡村贫困环境中长大的女孩后来一举成名。
多莉·帕顿的整个职业生涯都与卡尔·托马斯·迪恩相伴。两人结婚近60年后，卡尔于去年3月去世。
斯特拉·帕顿说卡尔“安静又腼腆”，并且“深爱着”多莉。
“他为她着迷。他觉得她像小叮当一样有趣，你懂吗？”她说。
据斯特拉·帕顿透露，两人的浪漫低调又甜蜜。虽然他为多莉感到骄傲，“也足够爱她，任由她做自己”，但在某些方面，他还是希望她能过不一样的生活，她暗示道。
“他更希望她能扎着马尾辫、光脚待在家里，在厨房做饭，就在家里随便转转，你懂的，我觉得那才是他想要的生活，”斯特拉·帕顿说。
她表示，卡尔去世后多莉·帕顿“非常伤心”，但她认为这并非妹妹病倒的原因。
“我知道他们的关系非常特别、深厚且忠诚。看到他在离世前遭受那样的病痛折磨，我觉得她的心都碎了，”她说，“但我不认为那是她生病的原因。我妹妹为了事业辛苦打拼了一辈子，一直都在坚持。你知道吗，就算是我和她的最后一次通话，她还在工作。那是她的热情所在。”
斯特拉·帕顿称妹妹“是个出色的生意人”，这也是她一贯将个人政治观点保密的原因。
“她对很多事情都有自己的看法，但从不对外透露分毫，”斯特拉·帕顿说。
这位明星始终维持着自己标志性的公众形象，哪怕在私下也是如此。
斯特拉·帕顿说，在多莉·帕顿成名之后，她从没见过妹妹不化妆的样子。
“她来我家过夜的时候，甚至会带着妆睡觉，”斯特拉·帕顿说。
尽管自多莉去世以来，公众纷纷表达了悼念之情，但斯特拉·帕顿表示，自己私下里没有收到过纳什维尔任何人的慰问。
“我认识的艺人里，没有一个人向我表达过哀悼，一个都没有，”她说。
“我猜可能是因为我在社交媒体上的政治激进主义立场吧，我不确定，”她补充道。
斯特拉·帕顿表示，谈到妹妹，自己最怀念的是她的乐观心态，“因为她是我见过最乐观的人”。她希望大家记住多莉的甜美、善良、充满爱心、才华横溢和聪慧过人。
“她的创造力无穷无尽，你知道吗？她的梦想比任何人都要宏大，”斯特拉·帕顿说，“我希望那些觉得自己没有机会追梦的年轻人，尤其是和我们一样出身贫寒的少男少女们，能够明白，她给了我们追梦的勇气。”
Stella Parton says her sister Dolly Parton was prepared and at peace when she died: “Knew where she was goin’”
September 10, 2026 10:32 AM EDT / CBS News
By Gayle King Co-host, “CBS Mornings”
Gayle King is an award-winning journalist and co-host of “CBS Mornings.” King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to “CBS Mornings” and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts “Gayle King in the House,” a live, weekly radio show on SiriusXM.
Alicia Alford, Katie Rae Smith
Stella Parton says her sister Dolly Parton was “definitely prepared” and at peace when she died late last month after battling cancer.
“I know she was at peace,” Stella Parton told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King in an exclusive interview.
“I could always tell by looking at her face, even if I hadn’t seen her in months. On camera, I could tell if she was hurt, angry, happy or sad, or felt bad. I could see it on her,” Stella Parton said.
Fans are still mourning the death of Dolly – a country music superstar, businesswoman, philanthropist and visionary.
But to Stella Parton, the larger-than-life legend was simply a big sister who she spoke to on the phone every Tuesday morning over coffee.
“She knew where she was goin’,” Stella Parton said about how her sister felt before she died. “She wasn’t goin’ anywhere bad. She was going to be with Mama and Daddy.”
Stella Parton sat down with King at RCA Studio A, a music recording studio in Nashville where Dolly Parton recorded some of her most memorable songs. She recalled being just 7 years old when her sister, who was 10 at the time, started her career in TV and music, becoming “like a bird that just flew off. “
The girl who was raised in poverty in rural Tennessee later launched into stardom.
Throughout her career, Dolly Parton was married to Carl Thomas Dean. He died last year, in March, after nearly 60 years of marriage.
Stella Parton said Carl “was quiet and shy,” and that he “adored” Dolly.
“He was fascinated with her. He thought she was funny like Tinker Bell, you know?” she said.
They had a sweet, private romance, according to Stella Parton. And while he was proud of her and “loved her enough to let her be what she was,” he would have preferred things to be different in some ways, she suggested.
“He would rather her be at the house with her hair up in a ponytail and barefooted, cookin’ in the kitchen and just, you know, messin’ around the house. That’s, I think, that’s what he would have preferred,” Stella Parton said.
She said Dolly Parton was “very sad” after Carl died but that she doesn’t think that’s why her sister became ill.
“I know their relationship was very unique and very deep and loyal. And I think it broke her heart to see him in the shape he, you know, got to before he passed away,” she said. “But I don’t think that’s what made her sick. I think my sister worked so hard for so long and just kept going. You know, even to the last conversation I had with her, she was working. That was her passion.”
Stella Parton said her sister was “a good businesswoman,” which is why she famously kept her political opinions private.
“She had an opinion about things but she never shared any of that,” Stella Parton said.
The star was also consistent in maintaining her iconic image – even privately.
Stella Parton said she never saw her sister without makeup “after she got to be Dolly Parton.”
“She would sleep in her makeup when she’d come spend the night with me,” Stella Parton said.
While the public has seen an outpouring of support since her death, Stella Parton said she hasn’t personally heard from anyone in Nashville.
“I haven’t had one condolence from anyone, anybody that I know, entertainers that I know. Nobody,” she said.
“I’m assuming it might be because of my political, you know, activism on social media. I don’t know,” she added.
Stella Parton said when it comes to her sister,it’s her optimism that she will miss the most, “because she was the most optimistic person I ever knew.” And she wants her sister to be remembered as sweet, kind, loving, talented and brilliant.
“Her creativity had no bounds, you know? And she could dream bigger than anybody,” Stella Parton said. “And I want young people, young– young girls and boys that may think they have no opportunity to dream, coming from our situation; she gave us permission to dream that way.”