Online Reporter
Faris Tanyos
Dolly Parton, one of the most ground-breaking and successful musicians in the history of country music, with a hitmaking career that spanned six decades and launched her into TV and movie stardom, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 80.
Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver, who was his aunt’s head of security, announced her death in a pre-recorded video posted to social media.
“It is an honour, an honour that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness, but sadness lies with us, not with Dolly,” he said. “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus.”
Reactions poured in as news spread about Parton’s death.
At the White House, President Trump called her death “a true loss for millions of people” and ordered the American flag lowered across the country starting Tuesday evening.
“There has never been anyone like her, and never will,” Mr. Trump said.
In Los Angeles, Parton was remembered as a “once-in-a-lifetime talent” by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which planned to place flowers on her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame later in the day.
Since breaking onto the country music scene with her 1967 debut “Hello, I’m Dolly,” Parton never seemed to slow down, releasing nearly 50 studio albums and selling over 100 million records.
A prolific songwriter, she won 10 Grammys and earned 55 nominations. But she treated her success with a certain modesty. In 2022, when she was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, she tried to pull herself out of the running, saying she didn’t feel that she had “earned that right.” Her peers and fans vehemently disagreed.
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