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Why country icons Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton never dated

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers [Photo: Courtesy]

As the world coughed, strangled by the coronavirus pandemic, Grammy award-winning country music icon Kenny Rogers plucked the air, and, like strings he indelibly changed the world with in a career spanning over 60 years, breathed his last.

Rogers, 81, is no more. According to his family, the legendary singer famed for hits such as Coward of the County, The Gambler, Lucille and Islands in the Stream died of natural causes at his home.

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