United Kingdom, Aug. 28 -- Dolly Parton insisted she wasn't "finished" working in a heartbreaking final phone call with her friend Lainey Wilson.

The country music legend died on Tuesday (25.08.26) aged 80 after a secret battle with cancer and now her pal Lainey has revealed the pair spoke for the last time just weeks before Dolly's death and the superstar offered advice on her career as well as her marriage to Devlin 'Duck' Hodges.

In a post on Instagram, Lainey shared a picture of the women together and wrote: "My Dolly. I felt like you were my friend before we even met ... You made everybody feel that way.

"But once we became friends, boy did we have a lot to talk about . I sure am glad you called a couple of weeks ago. We got to ta...