Dolly Parton Died After a ‘Brief Battle with Cancer,’ Her Team Confirms
Her family said the 11-time Grammy winner died peacefully, and tributes from artists and fans quickly followed across the music world.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, country music icon Dolly Parton died peacefully at age 80 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, with her nephew Bryan Seaver announcing the news.
- Parton managed health struggles including dizziness and dehydration over the past year before succumbing to a brief battle with cancer, her representatives confirmed.
- Throughout her seven-decade career, Parton produced 49 studio albums and founded the Imagination Library in 1995, which distributed over 300 million books to children worldwide.
- President Donald Trump ordered American flags across the United States lowered to half-mast for one week beginning Tuesday evening to honor Parton's cultural influence.
- Private services will be held for immediate family at Parton's request, with the family requesting that supporters honor her memory through donations to the Imagination Library.
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Dolly Parton, Music Star, Actor, Dies At 80 Of Cancer
Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80 years old. “After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at […]
The cause of death of the 80-year-old country legend of Dolly Parton is a serious cancer.
Queen of country music and humanitarian hero Dolly Parton dies at 80
The irrepressible country music singer, songwriter and actress whose charisma, heartfelt lyrics and business acumen captured the public's imagination for nearly six decades, Dolly Parton, died on Tuesday aged 80, her family said in a statement.
Top exponent of country music, Dolly Parton died this Tuesday, at the age of 80. The causes of his death have now been disclosed.
Dolly Parton’s greatest songs, philanthropic works
Dolly Parton was more than a musician, actor, author, philanthropist, or theme-park entrepreneur. Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more. But from the very beginning, at the heart of everything she accomplished, she was a songwriter. Selecting 11 songs across her many decades of recorded music i…
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