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><\/p>\n Ricky Schroder, who played Dolly Parton\u2019s father in biographical TV movies about the singer\u2019s life, has been branded insensitive for questioning her politics in his tribute.<\/p>\n Alongside a photo of himself with Parton, he wrote: \u201cI didnt agree with her advocating for Transgender & Covid Vaccine support\u2026but Loved her anyway. Thank you for choosing me Dolly to be your Movie Daddy.\u201d<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 09:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton secretly recorded a song for a time capsule \u2013 which won\u2019t be opened until 2046<\/p>\n Dolly Parton secretly recorded new music, which has been sealed inside a time capsule that won\u2019t be opened until the year 2046.<\/p>\n The track, titled \u201cMy Place in History\u201d, was placed by the late queen of country in a wooden box at Dollywood\u2019s DreamMore resort, which opened back in 2015.<\/p>\n In her book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, Parton reveals that the resort\u2019s staff have been specifically instructed to leave the box unopened until the date she specified: what would have been her 100th birthday on 19 January 2046.<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 08:45<\/p>\n <\/a>Vin Diesel shares surprising Dolly Parton tribute<\/p>\n The most unexpected tribute to Dolly Parton has rolled in from gruff-voiced Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel, who has shared a tender rendition of her hit \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d.<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 08:30<\/p>\n <\/a>I interviewed Dolly Parton \u2013 this is what she taught me<\/p>\n The Independent\u2019s Music Editor Roisin O\u2019Connor writes…<\/p>\n I don\u2019t often get nervous interviewing people, but Dolly Parton <\/a>was someone I\u2019d idolised since I was a child, driving my family crazy with off-key renditions of \u201c9 to 5\u201d and \u201cJolene\u201d. Alongside my grandma and Shania Twain, she was one of the three big role models in my life. She was the queen of country music<\/a> and so much more: a pioneer, a business genius, an exceptional songwriter and storyteller, a producer, a benefactor\u2026 in short: a one-of-a-kind woman. As someone who has often been made to feel as though I am \u201ctoo much\u201d \u2013 something I know many women will relate to \u2013 Parton seemed to exist to tell you to be more.<\/p>\n O\u2019Connor goes on to say…<\/p>\n When I asked Parton how she wanted to be remembered, I thought she might say as a songwriter, as she had in previous interviews. Instead, she said she wanted to be remembered \u201cas somebody who took her work serious, but not herself. Someone who brought books to children all over the world. For the fact that I managed to make a living doing something I love to do. And as a caring, giving, working girl.\u201d<\/p>\n The queen of country has died aged 80, leaving behind a phenomenal legacy. Roisin O\u2019Connor remembers interviewing her idol in 2023 and the lessons she taught her then and throughout her life, from leading with kindness to being \u2018more\u2019 when people try to tell you to be \u2018less\u2019<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 08:25<\/p>\n <\/a>The devastated Dolly Parton tribute acts who have to keep on singing <\/p>\n Dolly Parton tribute acts have revealed that they\u2019ve received a huge number of requests for performances and interviews since the \u201c9 to 5\u201d singer\u2019s death<\/a>, and have been fielding calls and emails while processing their own grief over the country music icon\u2019s shock passing.<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 08:15<\/p>\n <\/a>Dolly Parton’s funeral arrangements revealed<\/p>\n According to TMZ, the singer will be buried in a mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, next to her husband Carl Dean, who died last year. It will be a private ceremony.<\/p>\n Jacob Stolworthy27 August 2026 08:10<\/p>\n <\/a>Why scientists are mourning Dolly Parton<\/p>\n Dolly Parton\u2019s death has prompted tributes from scientists who remember a less familiar side of her legacy: her contributions to research, public health, and education.<\/p>\n Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, told Nature that Parton had \u201cprovided the soundtrack for my PhD\u201d and was \u201cgratefully acknowledged as a key contributor\u201d in her thesis.<\/p>\n World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also called Parton \u201can exceptional artist, a true champion of kindness, and ambassador of science and public health\u201d.<\/p>\n Her best-known contribution to research came in March 2020, when she gave $1m to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to establish the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund. The money helped support early work on an experimental mRNA vaccine that eventually became Moderna\u2019s Covid vaccine, and the fund is acknowledged in the first published phase I trial report.<\/p>\n Parton raised $500,000 for LeConte Medical Center in Sevier County, Tennessee, which opened in 2010 with a dedicated Dolly Parton Center for Women\u2019s Services. She gave another $1m to Vanderbilt in 2022 for paediatric infectious-disease research.<\/p>\n In February 2026, East Tennessee Children\u2019s Hospital was renamed Dolly Parton Children\u2019s Hospital after an undisclosed \u201cgenerational\u201d gift from Parton that is funding a new paediatric residency programme, rural telehealth and the recruitment of medical specialists.<\/p>\n Shahana Yasmin27 August 2026 08:00<\/p>\n![\"Ricky](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-27-at-08-20-53.png\")
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