Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The legendary country music singer Dolly Parton passed away today at 80 years old after a brief battle with cancer. She was kind, loving, iconic, charitable, and truly one of one. From concerts to television shows, movies and more, Parton spoke up for the LGBTQ+ community, stated Black Lives Matter in 2020, funded endless bands, used her royalties from Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to fund a Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, launched an initiative to fight the literacy rate so kids could read for free, incentivized students in her hometown to graduate, was gracious in defeat to Three 6 Mafia at the Oscars, and much more. There will never be another.
The legendary country music singer Dolly Parton passed away today at 80 years old after a brief battle with cancer. She was kind, loving, iconic, charitable, and truly one of one. From concerts to television shows, movies and more, Parton spoke up for the LGBTQ+ community, stated Black Lives Matter in 2020, funded endless bands, used her royalties from Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to fund a Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, launched an initiative to fight the literacy rate so kids could read for free, incentivized students in her hometown to graduate, was gracious in defeat to Three 6 Mafia at the Oscars, and much more. There will never be another.
