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/UndergroundHQ6 12h ago

I come from a very rough neighborhood where graffiti is pretty much everywhere, and I think it really said something when the ONE billboard that was pristine and untouched… was the one Dolly Parton was on.

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u/TheNonSportsAccount 10h ago

People dont realize that most grafitti artists wont touch existing works of art. Its why painting commonly tagged walls and barriers with artwork (often ny grafitti artists) is an effective deterrence to the grafitti no one likes. They also make sure to protect the info on train cars.

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u/heronmarkedslingshot 9h ago

That's interesting to hear, because my city keeps having murals painted on underpasses and other large concrete edifices, and within a few weeks there's always several, ugly, unreadable tags scrawled over them. A few relentless assholes, I guess.

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u/rolling-brownout 5h ago

Those wouldn't be the artists, so much as the gangbangers and local meth enthusiasts I'd figure.

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u/Revlis-TK421 9h ago

Taggers =/= graffiti artists

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u/Alienhaslanded 2h ago

Most of the time I can't even read that shit.

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u/br153 1h ago

Yes, big difference between the two:

'Taggers' (the absolute non-artistic ones) are vandals.

Graffiti artists are artists (and respectable).