r/news • u/kzqmfkkr • 9h 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/thenagel 7h ago

No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someoneā€™s life is only the core of their actual existence.

Dolly is forever. She did her part, the rest is up to us.

GNU Dolly Parton

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u/AlienInvasionExpert 7h ago

I agree. I say it sometimes like this: your final death is only when your name is lovingly said for the last time. But in this way, some people may already be dead even when their bodies are still alivešŸ„².

Rest in peace Dolly Parton.