See Her Last Public Appearance Amid Health Issues

Dolly Parton was working 9 to 5 until the very end.

In the months before the country music legend died at the age of 80, she was still adding to the long list of varied accomplishments she had achieved throughout her nearly six-decade career.

In June, the 11-time Grammy winner made what would be her last in-person public appearance to attend the grand opening of her Tennessean Travel Stop truck stop.

“Well, how’s everybody doin’ today out in that hot, boilin’ sun?” she told the crowd from stage at the event, per People. “Anyway, I wanted to welcome all of you and say thank you for coming. We’re very excited about our truck stop, the Tennesseean Travel Stop.”

More recently, though, Parton accepted the Academy of Country Music Honors’ AMC Poet’s Award with a heartfelt video.

“Songwriting has been my therapy,” she told the audience during the Aug. 19 event in Nashville in her video. “Songwriting has been my release, my joy. Songwriting has been a gift from God that has allowed me to touch people with words and music. So, thank you, God, and thank you, fans around the world, and everyone at ACMs for giving me this very special award.”