

That year, to celebrate three decades of friendship, the pair released a duet called “You Can’t Make Old Friends”, which appeared on Kenny’s final country music studio album. Rogers died March 20, 2020, at 10:25 p.m., according to the announcement. “Everybody always thought we were having an affair but we didn’t! We just flirted with each other for 30 years,” he said.

However Kenny set the record straight in an interview with HuffPostLive in 2013. It’s clear the duo were super close, which led to many rumors in the press that the singers were romantically linked. Dolly Parton mourns her friend Kenny Rogers.
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I’ve never seen her not dressed to the nines,’ Kenny joked in a 2008 TV interview on the Great American Country channel. “She’s the most electric, energetic person I’ve ever met in my life. The crooner had said on multiple occasions, that out of everyone in the music industry, Dolly was his best friend. Dolly was one of his most notable collaborative partners, and their 1983 smash hit “Islands In The Stream” sparked a friendship of nearly four decades. Months after Kenny Rogers was forced to cancel the remaining dates on his. Kenny had 24 number-one hits, was a Country Music Hall of Fame member, six-time CMA Awards winner, three-time Grammy Award winner, and the recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. Kenny Rogers Is Reportedly Still In Ill-Health Months After Canceling His Farewell Tour. “I’ve had so many wonderful years and wonderful times with my friend Kenny, but above all the music and the success I loved him as a wonderful man and a true friend.” “You never know how much you love somebody until they’re gone,” she wrote. Dolly’s sweet caption reiterated just close the duo were. To the rest of you, keep the faith,” she said, as she stifled tears. “God bless you Kenny, fly high straight into the arms of God. Dolly then got emotional as she held up a photo of her and the Grammy winning hitmaker.
