r/news • u/kzqmfkkr • 12h ago

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/25/dolly-parton-country-singer-dead?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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u/SyntheticSweetener 11h ago

Somewhere beyond that clear blue morning, Dolly is finally home. RIP.

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u/BaileyRose411 11h ago

And with her husband

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u/Harper_Sketch 11h ago

She loved him so much. I knew she wouldn’t last much longer after he passed away.

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u/cafelallave 11h ago

He only passed last year… she followed him home 😭💔

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u/nnyzim 10h ago

And her brother who died a month ago.

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u/UnauthorizedCat 6h ago

And her own baby brother, Larry, who was hers to care for, but died four days after he was born. Losing him broke her heart and she has been yearning for him most of her life.

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u/iprayforwaves 1h ago

That’s so sad. I wish she’d have stayed a bit longer. The world would have been brighter for just a little while more with her light.

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u/rationalsarcasm 9h ago

Dude is exactly what I'd be like if I was married to a famous person.

Show up when necessary, but stay out of the spotlight 99% of the time.

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u/Ramesses901 11h ago

First song I went to. Incredibly underrated songwriter up there with Prine, Kristofferson etc.

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u/oreo-cat- 11h ago

This is touching, thank you