{"id":895522,"date":"2026-09-17T16:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895522\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:52:22","slug":"dolly-parton-posthumously-accepts-award-in-video-recorded-just-before-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895522\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton posthumously accepts award in video recorded just before her death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton<\/a> accepted an Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in a video message recorded before her death on August 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Jolene singer donned a full face of make-up, one of her famous wigs and rhinestones in the clip, as she secretly battled cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Dolly<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton has accepted an Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in a video message, recorded before her death on August 25.\u00a0YouTube\/Ryman Auditorium<\/p>\n

The recording of the country music icon was played during the 2026 Americana Honours and Awards event at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, hey, it\u2019s Dolly,\u201d the singer who needs no introduction told the audience. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honoured to be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, roots music \u2013 or what is now called Americana music \u2013 is what I grew up playing back in the Smoky Mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s that same music that drew me back to East Tennessee in 1997 to write and record my album, Hungry Again. And that project really opened the door to a series of bluegrass and acoustic albums that changed the course of my career in so many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parton said returning to her roots opened her up to a new legion of fans.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Parton said returning to her roots opened her up to a new legion of fans.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, new fans discovered these albums, new Americana music communities embraced them, and now looking back at it all, I see this era of my career as a musical renaissance of sorts,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone at the AMA for recognising me with this award. It\u2019s a great honour truly, and just know that I will always love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The telling sign-off suggested Parton knew she was in the advanced stages of her illness when she recorded the acceptance speech.<\/p>\n

\"Emmylou<\/p>\n

Good friend, and fellow country music legend, Emmylou Harris took to the stage to introduce the award and clip.\u00a0Terry Wyatt\/Getty Images for Americana Music Association<\/p>\n

Good friend and fellow country music legend Emmylou Harris took to the stage to introduce the award and clip, thanking the 9 to 5 singer for everything she did for not only the music industry but in her philanthropy as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough her songs and her own example, she showed so many musicians, artists and everyday folks exactly how to do that,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

Introducing Parton\u2019s video, Harris said she recorded it \u201cwith the same warmth, joy, and sparkle she so generously shared with us throughout her life\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Sara<\/p>\n

Brandi Carlile (right) and trio I\u2019m with Her performed Parton\u2019s hit Coat of Many Colours in tribute to the late singer. \u00a0Tibrina Hobson\/Getty Images for Americana Music Association<\/p>\n

Following the clip, Brandi Carlile performed Parton\u2019s hit Coat of Many Colours, joined by trio I\u2019m with Her. <\/p>\n

Parton died at the age of 80, following a brief battle with cancer that the singer was so determined to keep under wraps that only a few family members knew about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cDolly could not bear negative things and she would not have wanted her fans worried about it,\u201d sister Stella Parton told Gayle King in an interview with CBS Mornings after Dolly\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Stella<\/p>\n

Stella Parton was at sister Dolly Parton\u2019s side in her final moments.\u00a0Getty\/Terry Wyatt<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of us knew, the ones of us that were closer, but not every relative. Dolly did not want people sad, and she did not want people worried.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019d be really happy and delighted that people have shown her so much love because she knew that that would make us feel better as her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

News of her death was announced by her nephew Bryan Seaver in a video posted on Parton\u2019s social media, keeping a promise he said he made his aunt years earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton accepted an Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in a video message recorded before her death on August…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-895522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}