Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Dolly Parton dies at 80

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Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose remarkable career carried her from a poor Tennessee childhood to worldwide fame, has died at her Nashville home aged 80, according to a family statement.

Over more than five decades, Parton wrote upwards of 3,000 songs and produced enduring classics including “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” “I Will Always Love You” and the workplace anthem “9 to 5.”

She released 49 albums, collected 11 Grammy Awards and successfully crossed from country into mainstream pop, notably teaming with Kenny Rogers for “Islands in the Stream.”



Beyond music and acting, Parton became renowned for her charitable work, establishing a literacy programme that has distributed more than 300 million books to children internationally. Her family said she died peacefully and will be farewelled at a private service attended by close relatives.

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  1. US President Donald Trump called her death “a true loss for millions of people” and ordered all US flags to fly at half-mast for a week, beginning this evening.

  2. RIP Dolly Parton.

    Mortality is mostly tragic, sad, absurd, odd, expected, unexpected, peculiar, annoying and/or inconvenient, but always a great career move in the entertainment industry.

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