Dolly Parton, the American country singer-songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, has died in Nashville at 80, her family and team said. Her team said she had faced a brief battle with cancer. 🎵
Parton wrote and recorded songs including “Jolene”, “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5”, then broadened her career through film, television and the Dollywood tourism business in Tennessee.
Her Imagination Library, founded in 1995, sends free books to registered children from birth to age five. The Guardian reported that it has distributed more than 270 million books and reached one in seven US children under five in 2024. 📚
Tributes have come from across music, film and public life. Her family said her funeral will be a small, private service for immediate family members.