According to TMZ, the singer will be buried in the mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, next to her husband Carl Dean, who died last year.<\/a><\/p>\n Singer Miley Cyrus, Parton\u2019s goddaughter, remembered her \u201cAunt Dolly\u201d as an \u201cangel,\u201d saying, \u201cI will always love her and want to make her proud. <\/p>\n \u201cMy heart breaks for the world, her family and friends who will miss her deeply,\u201d Cyrus said. <\/p>\n Everyone from Taylor Swift<\/a> and Beyonc\u00e9 to Eminem and Linda Ronstadt paid tribute to Parton, describing her as \u201cthe gift that kept on giving\u201d and saying her legacy would be \u201can everlasting one.\u201d Paul McCartney<\/a> also remembered Parton, saying her songwriting, singing, and philanthropy were \u201cunrivaled in the world of country music.\u201d<\/p>\n Parton\u2019s nephew Bryan Seaver announced the news of her death<\/a> saying: \u201cDolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus.\u201d Her representative later confirmed that she had died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n US president Donald Trump<\/a> ordered flags to fly at half-staff in the US<\/a> to honor Parton, writing: \u201cThis is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will.\u201d <\/p>\n Full story: Country legend dies aged 80 after a brief battle with cancer<\/p>\n Her death was announced<\/a> by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, in an Instagram video<\/a> posted Tuesday afternoon. The musician\u2019s publicist confirmed Parton\u2019s cancer diagnosis to the Associated Press later in the day, but did not give further details on her illness.<\/p>\n \u201cOur beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,\u201d the statement from her reps<\/a> to People magazine read.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly\u2019s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy & Kevin E G Perry26 August 2026 04:08<\/p>\n <\/a>The Elvis deal Dolly Parton refused and why it paid off<\/p>\n Dolly Parton once turned down the chance to have Elvis Presley record \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d because his manager wanted a share of the song\u2019s publishing rights.<\/p>\n Presley loved the song and planned to record it, but the night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker told Parton that Elvis would not record a song unless his team received publishing rights or \u201cat least half the publishing\u201d, as Parton recalled.<\/p>\n She refused. \u201cThis is the most important copyright in my whole publishing company, and I can\u2019t do that,\u201d she remembered telling him.<\/p>\n \u201cI cried all night,\u201d she told CMT in 2006 about her decision. \u201cIt was like the worst thing. You know, it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, my God \u2026 Elvis Presley.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n It was a painful decision at the time, but Parton retained ownership of the composition, which became enormously valuable when Whitney Houston recorded it for The Bodyguard in 1992. Houston\u2019s version spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, turning Parton\u2019s song into a global standard.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 11:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton gave her name to the world\u2019s most famous sheep <\/p>\n Dolly Parton became the namesake of one of the most famous animals in scientific history when the first mammal cloned from an adult cell was named after her.<\/p>\n Dolly the sheep was born at Scotland\u2019s Roslin Institute on July 5 1996, after scientists used a cell taken from the mammary gland of a six-year-old Finn Dorset sheep. She was cloned using a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer and became the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell.<\/p>\n \u201cDolly was christened by John Bracken, one of the men who paced anxiously about day and night as we waited for the birth of the lamb,\u201d Ian Wilmut, the scientist who led the Roslin Institute team that cloned Dolly, told Nature in 2007.<\/p>\n Dolly lived for six years and died in 2003. Her body was preserved and is now displayed at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 10:45<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton turned her fingernails into an instrument for 9 to 5<\/p>\n Dolly Parton\u2019s famous acrylic fingernails became part of the sound of 9 to 5 and they were even credited on the soundtrack.<\/p>\n While writing the song on the set of the 1980 film, Parton did not have her guitar with her, so she used her nails to tap out the rhythm and imitate the sound of a typewriter.<\/p>\n \u201cI used my nails just to get the rhythm when I wasn\u2019t close to my guitar,\u201d she explained in a 1981 interview with KCRA in Sacramento.<\/p>\n Parton demonstrated the technique during the interview, joking: \u201cLadies and gentlemen, you are now viewing the newest instrument on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n She later explained that her nails were officially credited on the 9 to 5 soundtrack as \u201cnails by Dolly\u201d. The song went on to become one of her signature hits and earned her an Academy Award nomination for best original song.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 10:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton\u2019s Dollywood employees can go to college for free<\/p>\n Dolly Parton\u2019s influence on Dollywood extended to a benefit designed to help its employees build lives beyond the theme park: workers can attend college without paying tuition, fees, books, or required supplies.<\/p>\n Through Dollywood\u2019s GROW U programme, employees are eligible for 100 per cent tuition coverage from their first day of employment. The benefit is available regardless of their role in the company, meaning seasonal and frontline workers can pursue education without taking on student debt.<\/p>\n The programme covers more than 150 academic programmes, including degrees and certificates in areas ranging from business and hospitality to healthcare and technology.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 10:15<\/p>\n <\/a>Comment: The world\u2019s richest men could learn a lesson from \u2018progressive hillbilly\u2019 Dolly Parton<\/p>\n The Independent\u2019s Associate Editor Sean O\u2019Grady writes…<\/p>\n Reflecting on the death of Dolly Parton<\/a>, a colleague encapsulated her remarkable life outside music in punchy terms: \u201cDolly was a progressive hillbilly\u2026 take that JD Vance!\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed she was. But she was so much more than that…<\/p>\n She was someone who put her money<\/a> where her mouth is, and used her own vast personal fortune \u2013 like her songs<\/a>, mostly her own work \u2013 to do good.<\/p>\n Had she not given so much of her wealth<\/a> away, she would have died a billionaire. Not in the same class as Elon Musk (estimated worth around $800bn) or Jeff Bezos ($250bn), but plutocratic all the same…<\/p>\n Her activities strike an uncomfortable contrast with the current generation of tech billionaires, far wealthier than she was, but who seem to want to keep their money entirely to themselves and their pet businesses, and, in some cases, indulge in obscene levels of conspicuous consumption.<\/p>\n Rachel Dobkin27 August 2026 10:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton spent 35 years helping protect bald eagles<\/p>\n Four days before Dolly Parton died, Dollywood announced the next chapter of a conservation partnership she had helped sustain for 35 years.<\/p>\n Since 1991, Dollywood and the American Eagle Foundation have worked together to care for bald eagles and educate visitors about America\u2019s national bird. Their partnership included Eagle Mountain Sanctuary at Dollywood, where non-releasable eagles were housed and displayed.<\/p>\n The sanctuary was damaged by a storm earlier this year, and the birds have since been cared for at the American Eagle Foundation\u2019s 50-acre conservation and education campus in Kodak, Tennessee.<\/p>\n On August 21, the organisations announced that those eagles would remain there permanently.<\/p>\n \u201cFor 35 years, our partnership with the American Eagle Foundation has allowed millions of Dollywood guests to learn about and appreciate the bald eagle and other birds of prey,\u201d said Eugene Naughton, Dollywood Parks & Resorts President. \u201cWe look forward to continuing our work together, and we plan to continue inspiring our guests to care for these remarkable birds and the natural world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n The partnership has also contributed to broader conservation efforts: the American Eagle Foundation says it has successfully released more than 400 bald eagles into the wild.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 09:45<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton expertly shut down this woman who tried to fashion shame herDolly Parton expertly shut down this woman who tried to fashion shame her<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 09:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton’s greatest quotes Parton was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond, a rare celebrity whose appeal transcended generations, geography and politics<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 09:15<\/p>\n![\"Professor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3f78a52fe4bc1737d779166a863a92adY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk0NTE4NTE1-2.5568603.jpg\")
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