{"id":596659,"date":"2026-08-26T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596659\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:58:14","slug":"jelly-roll-pays-tribute-to-his-inspiration-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/596659\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll Pays Tribute to His ‘Inspiration’ Dolly Parton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDolly Parton<\/a> had it all. Talent, humor, an entrepreneurial spirit. A great, pounding heart. And she represented her homeland quite like no one else.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor his second night hosting ABC\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jelly Roll<\/a> had the difficult task of paying tribute to the legendary singer, songwriter and entertainer, and touching on those many things that made her unique. And completing his task without bursting into tears. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cWe lost a legend today, the great Dolly Parton,\u201d he said at the top, during the monologue, staring down the barrel of the camera. \u201cShe was such an inspiration to so many, myself included. We\u2019re both from Tennessee and she meant a lot to my family, y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tParton\u2019s influence on a young Jelly Roll (real name: Jason DeFord) was profound. \u201cWe used to sit around the kitchen table and listen to her music together as a family. I\u2019ll never forget it,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI learned so much from Dolly over the years, about songwriting, how to handle this crazy business, and how to support your community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDolly was a one-off, and someone we could all be proud of. \u201cShe was infinitely talented. She was relentlessly funny and adored by all. She might be the last American that everyone liked,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWe will miss her dearly. Rest in peace, Dolly. We will always love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tParton died Tuesday at age 80<\/a> following \u201ca brief battle with cancer,\u201d according to a statement <\/a>released by her team. Parton died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a career spanning more than 60 years, Parton has been one of country music\u2019s leading lights, one of the genre\u2019s most revered and prolific songwriters. She\u2019s a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, she wrote more than 3,000 and\u00a0placed 113 tunes on\u00a0Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart starting in 1967. Cumulatively, those hits spent more than 28 years on the chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Jelly Roll\u2019s tribute to Dolly Parton below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton had it all. Talent, humor, an entrepreneurial spirit. A great, pounding heart. And she represented her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7932,458,146,10880,85,46],"class_list":["post-596659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bbnews","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-country","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}