The singer shared on Wednesday that her uncle, Bill Owens, had died at the age of 85. "I'll start this eulogy by saying that I wouldn't be here if he hadn't been there," the country legend, ...

Bill Owens, a songwriter, Dollywood employee, environmentalist and the man credited for helping Dolly Parton get her start has died. Coming Nov. 4: Knoxville voters will decide whether to increase ...

Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton and helped start her career in country music, has died. He was 85. Parton’s publicist ...

Owens died on April 7 at age 85. Dolly Parton said her late uncle, Bill Owens, loved music and that the pair had written several songs together over the years.

Massachusetts’ first Black state senator Bill Owens died over the weekend at the age of 84, according to NBC Boston. […] The post Bill Owens, Massachusetts’ first Black state senator, dies ...

Bill Owens, groundbreaking senator ‘unapologetic about fighting for equal rights,’ dies at 84 ... Mr. Owens died Jan. 22 in a skilled nursing facility in Brighton, ...

Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton and helped start her career in country music, has died. He was 85. Parton’s publicist c… ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A trailblazing lawmaker in Massachusetts has died. Bill Owens was the first Black man to be elected to the State Senate.. He was a Democrat who served two terms, from 1975 to 1982 ...