{"id":830753,"date":"2026-08-30T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830753\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:38:11","slug":"dolly-partons-official-obituary-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830753\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s official obituary released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Dolly Parton\u2019s official obituary has been released following the Tennessee icon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/entertainment\/rob-lowes-very-first-big-hollywood-party-connection-to-dolly-parton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">death at age 80<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parton died peacefully Aug. 25 in Nashville, according to an obituary from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/nashville-tn\/dolly-parton-13019120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home &amp; Woodlawn Memorial Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The obituary remembers Parton as a global icon and humanitarian whose seven-decade career stretched across music, film, television, theater and writing.<\/p>\n<p>A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration,\u201d the obituary reads in part.<img alt=\"Dolly Parton\u2019s official obituary released following her death at 80. (WZTV)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/47621741-c57b-4edc-b201-39fa2a66ebb6-DOLLYPARTONOBITBANNER.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dolly Parton\u2019s official obituary released following her death at 80. (WZTV)<\/p>\n<p>Parton is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Carl Thomas Dean, who died in 2025, as well as her parents, Avie Lee Caroline Owens and Robert Lee Parton Sr.<\/p>\n<p>The obituary describes Parton\u2019s legacy as one of \u201clove, kindness, and resilience,\u201d highlighting both her music and decades of philanthropic work.<\/p>\n<p>Parton\u2019s family is encouraging fans and friends around the world to pay tribute to her on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of flowers, the family is asking for donations to Dolly Parton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imaginationlibrary.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckelewis%40sbgtv.com%7C2b350d9718d84cc7a8b108df05735503%7C897dbc0dc02d43479a713e589c67f8aa%7C0%7C0%7C639235665064945919%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Qb16PH4JJa6abjluY2OJyH2yOinN0jgZkBnZ3xytrdQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Imagination Library<\/a>, the literacy program she founded that provides free books to children.<\/p>\n<p>Parton\u2019s family has not announced details for a public memorial or funeral service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Dolly Parton\u2019s official obituary has been released following the Tennessee icon\u2019s death at age&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-830753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}