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Dolly Parton Laid to Rest in Private Ceremony, Family Says
The singer was interred next to Carl Dean after a private service, following her death at 80 after a brief battle with cancer.
- On Friday, August 28, Dolly Parton was laid to rest in a private family funeral at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, interred alongside her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean.
- Parton, 80, died following a brief cancer battle; her nephew, Brian Seaver, revealed she requested burial in a bed of "plush cotton" after a life wearing heavy rhinestones.
- Eschewing her hit "I Will Always Love You," Parton chose the country-gospel hymn "If We Never Meet Again" for her service, describing it as a song about meeting on a "beautiful shore."
- Fellow country stars including Carly Pearce and Jelly Roll honored the singer at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, while niece Lainey Parton wrote on Instagram that she felt "safe, confident, and like I belonged" with her aunt.
- Parton locked an unreleased song, "My Place in History," in a chestnut box at the Dollywood DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., to be unveiled on her 100th birthday, January 19, 2046.
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