Remembering Dolly Parton, Beloved ‘Songteller’

Dolly Parton and the sad goodbye

In 2019, The New York Times declared that there was only one thing upon which a deeply divided America could agree.

Dolly Parton focused on solutions

The accolades and sentiments voiced by many following the death of Dolly Parton leaves little to doubt. She was beloved, admired, and appreciated.

Remembering Dolly Parton, Beloved ‘Songteller’

COMMENTARY: The long life of the famed entertainer, who died Aug. 25, was mostly about what united, not what divided.

Raymond J. de Souza: Dolly Parton, the ‘songteller,’ had a heart as big as her fame

Over her long and delightful career, people stopped laughing at Dolly Parton and simply began loving her. She had joined in the jokes from the beginning, defusing the disdain they contained for the hillbilly girl from the hovels in the hollers, who took the bus to Nashville the day after her high school graduation, her belongings packed into four shopping bags from the local Piggly Wiggly. She wanted to be a music star and the 18-year-old who gr…

Goodbye Dolly: Remembering Ms. Parton in Her Own & Others' Words - Rebellious Magazine Goodbye Dolly: Remembering Ms. Parton in Her Own & Others' Words

No one other than singer/songwriter/superstar Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946-August 25, 2026) could get Jane Fonda and Donald Trump to agree. But the American icon’s recent departure had both of them posting their grief and gratitude on social media. Parton, who stayed out of politics and declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump and Biden, diplomatically told USA Today, “I have as many Republican fans as I do Democrats. I don’t want…