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Arizona flags to fly at half-staff to honor Dolly Parton
The governors’ orders follow Parton’s death at age 80 and run through Sept. 1, with Florida acting under a presidential proclamation.
- On Tuesday, country music icon Dolly Parton died at age 80, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to order flags at all Kentucky state office buildings lowered to half-staff until sunset Sept. 1.
- Parton wrote hundreds of songs including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and "I Will Always Love You," which totaled more than 100 million worldwide sales and more than 1 billion online streams.
- As a philanthropist, Parton founded the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which mails free books monthly to children until they turn five, and opened Dollywood in the Smoky Mountain foothills near her East Tennessee birthplace.
- President Donald Trump ordered American flags lowered nationwide for one week, stating "There has never been anyone like her, and never will." Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Washington state officials issued similar directives with flags remaining at half-staff until Sept. 1.
- Beshear called Parton "an American icon who brought people together and spread joy," noting there are "not enough words to sum up the impact and legacy Dolly leaves behind" as he and First Lady Britainy Beshear pray for her family.
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