Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Passes Away at 80
Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has passed away at the age of 80.
Her nephew, Brian Seaver, broke the news in an Instagram video.
Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942-2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923-2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921- 2000).
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.