However, the most notable man to have a crush on Parton was her fellow musician and tourmate, Merle Haggard. Haggard never divulged this news in a profound love letter or grand gesture.

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

You never know when inspiration is going to strike, which is why Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s biggest duet hit came to be in the middle of the night in a half-asleep daze. Decades after ...

In 2011, a seven-year-old Merle Menje watched the German Para Athletics Championships from the stands and was immediately captivated by the wheelchair racers. Menje, who was born with spina bifida, ...

Stealing the show at that very first Farm Aid concert in April 1985 was Merle Haggard, singing his then-new song "Natural High." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MERLE HAGGARD: (Singing ...

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A NICE WEEKEND FOR SOME OUTDOOR PLAYING AND SPORTS. BRIAN STILL IS. HE GOT A NICE DAY TO GO. AND ARGUABLY THE BETTER DAY IN MY ...

COMING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. LINDSEY. DAVE. THANK YOU. MERLEFEST IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER THIS YEAR. TODAY ORGANIZERS ARE FINALIZING DETAILS, GETTING READY FOR THE BIG CROWDS. OUR SARAH SOWERS ...

Farmers still need aid, and Farm Aid has been staged annually ever since. Stealing the show at that very first Farm Aid concert in April 1985 was Merle Haggard, singing his then-new song "Natural High ...

David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.