Dolly Parton's Secret Song: Why Fans Must Wait Until 2046

Before her death, Dolly Parton long planned a surprise for fans to keep her legacy alive.

The country music icon, who died at age 80 on Tuesday, August 25, recorded and locked away a new song around a decade ago at her Dollywood DreamMore Resort & Spa in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Parton died on Tuesday after a “brief battle with cancer,” her representatives confirmed.