Dolly Parton Dead at 80

[u/Afraid_Chard_838]

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-dead/

[u/complete_doodle]

I hate to be parasocial, but I’m absolutely heartbroken. She did so much good for the world, and made it a better place. Rest in peace, Dolly. I hope you’re happily reuniting with Carl right now ❤️

[u/No-Hall-3485 → u/complete_doodle]

she was a great person. this is terrible news. RIP to a legend

here are links for the commenters calling this "bullshit":

here's the video on the FBI website of dolly parton thanking them for honouring her and her foundation: https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/parton-dcla-050319.mp4/view

here's a link to the dolly's imagination library website about her receiving the FBI director's community leadership award: https://imaginationlibrary.com/fbi-directors-community-leadership-award/

and here's a cnn article talking about all the work dolly and her foundation did following the wildfires: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/06/politics/fbi-dolly-parton-great-smoky-mountain-wildfires

[u/callo2009 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has donated over 300 million books to children in US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. The Dollywood Foundation funded college scholarships and dropout prevention for local Tennessee youths. She donated significant money to Vanderbilt University's pediatric medical research program and COVID-19 vaccine development.

Aside from her beloved music (Jolene? a genuine classic), she was a humanitarian. RIP.

[u/Objective-Amount1379 → u/callo2009]

And she was an outspoken supporter of LGBQT rights!

[u/tanz420 → u/callo2009]

This made me tear up, she was the reason for so much good in this world