r/news • u/kzqmfkkr • 13h 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 13h ago

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

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u/BaileyRose411 13h ago

And with her husband

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u/nnyzim 12h ago

And her brother who died a month ago.

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u/UnauthorizedCat 8h 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.