The iconic 9 to 5 star, Dolly Parton, who has sadly died at the age of 80, previously shared why she and her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, chose not to have children. Speaking to Saga Magazine back in 2023, the country music star explained, “When you're a young couple, you think you're going to have kids, but it just wasn't one of those burning things for me. But as Dolly pointed out during an episode of The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV in 2020 (via People), “Since I had no kids, and my husband was pretty independent, I had freedom.