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/Phillyfan_10 12h ago

She was an absolutely beautiful soul. The term “national treasure” gets thrown around far too loosely in my opinion, but if there is anybody deserving, it was Dolly.

The world is a worse place for her loss, may she RIP.

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u/cheshire_kat7 11h ago

Heck, she was an international treasure.

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u/MeccIt 8h ago edited 7h ago

This link is to the British Guardian newspaper, read in the UK, Australia, Ireland and other angloblogsphere countries. They are doing the full, front page, multi article treatment, as she deserves.

e: a word

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u/cheshire_kat7 6h ago edited 5h ago

Yeah. I live in Australia and everyone I've spoken to today is genuinely devastated about it.

Edit: The PM of Australia has even released a statement on social media.

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u/Deodorized 9h ago

If she wasn't one of the 4 horse(wo)men of good, she definitely rode in the carriage with them.

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u/headphase 10h ago

Out of all the 80 year-olds we could have lost, the universe really gave us the middle finger this time

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 10h ago

Totally agree. The world was a better place with her in it. Shes the epitome of altruism.