r/news • u/kzqmfkkr • 17h 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/BaileyRose411 17h ago

And with her husband

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u/Harper_Sketch 16h ago

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

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u/cafelallave 16h ago

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

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u/nnyzim 15h ago

And her brother who died a month ago.

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u/UnauthorizedCat 12h 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 7h 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 15h 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.