OT: Dolly Parton dies, 80 years old
One of the very good ones has passed on. An incredible lady, icon and humanitarian. The real deal and an original, sorry to see it. She did a ton of great things in this world from a charity perspective.
Always thought she was extremely underrated. Career that expanded decades. Iconic songs. Successful business person. One of a kind.
Also had a crush on her 45 years ago.
A message from the family of Dolly Parton. pic.twitter.com/9DNRgRx0uH
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) August 25, 2026
She will be missed. Loved her music. Kind, wonderful lady.
Damn...
What a voice!
Hell, this word needs more humanitarians and not one fewer.
RIP Dolly P.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Dolly Parton carried the music, stories and spirit of her Tennessee mountain home wherever she went. She was a lifelong champion of the Great Smoky Mountains and proudly shared her love for them with the world.
— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 25, 2026
While we may no longer see her working 9 to 5, we will always love… pic.twitter.com/9CMx6M3giO
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has given away over 200 million books to kids. Her music will live forever but to those kids the books will be with them for life. https://t.co/wPkT8GShZb pic.twitter.com/unln3q5QwX
— Colin Jones (@colinjones) August 25, 2026
She wrote hundreds of songs, including classics like ‘’Jolene,’’ ‘’Coat of Many Colors’’ and ‘’I Will Always Love You,’’ that totaled more than 100 million worldwide sales and more than 1 billion online streams. Parton, who plucked bejeweled banjos, guitar and dulcimers with her long fingernails during performances, was a generous philanthropist and successful businesswoman whose projects included a theme park in the Smoky Mountain foothills near her birthplace.
Her career was forever influenced by her upbringing as one of 12 children born into what she called a ‘’dirt poor’’ Tennessee family.
She started her education nonprofit, Imagination Library, to send free books to children in Tennessee because her father, who quit school to work on the farm, struggled to learn to read.
Parton’s first musical performances were in church, where her grandfather was a preacher. By age 10, she was learning guitar and singing on local television shows. At 13, she appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, where Johnny Cash introduced her as ‘’a little girl here from up in East Tennessee.’’
For millions of fans, she was simply ‘’Dolly,’’ a mixture of Southern charm, humor and glamour. But she was also considered a feminist role model for holding the reins of her own career, writing her own songs, owning her content and looking after her finances in an entertainment world dominated by men.
Parton was open to making fun of herself; when she hosted ‘’Saturday Night Live’’ in 1989 she told the writers that her only restrictions were she wouldn’t curse and she wouldn’t make fun of Jesus. She regularly joked about her breasts or her dumb blonde appearance, but with a wink that she was the one controlling the laughs.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
There will never be another like her. true talent, absolute charmer. national treasure. pic.twitter.com/PofgRCj5Kl
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) August 25, 2026
JimmyinSD wrote:
Kenny has his partner again...
And her husband Carl Dean too, married since the mid-60's.
He passed just last year at 82. Didn't have to wait too long for her.
Dolly was also godmother to Miley Cyrus - very close to her daddy.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Truly a great. Tremendous philanthropist. Talented. Salt of the earth.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Didn't really care for her music, but she was a helluva human.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
—George Orwell
She is a national treasure. RIP Dolly Parton. She lost her husband not too long ago so she was definitely grieving. Her Imagination Library program helped a lot of children.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams _
Still Hurtn wrote:
Always thought she was extremely underrated. Career that expanded decades. Iconic songs. Successful business person. One of a kind.
Also had a crush on her 45 years ago.
Loved her and her music, but I don’t get the underrated take? Pretty much everybody thought she was as good as there has been.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Rest in Peace Dolly Parton. A wonderful woman with a beautiful soul.
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