NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JANUARY 28: Dolly Parton performs during “Dolly: An Original Musical” fireside chat and press conference at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on January 28, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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Dolly Parton, the iconic singer, songwriter and philathropist who recorded such timeless hits as “Jolene” and and starred in the classic movie comedy “9 to 5,” has died.
Parton’s representative said the entertainer died in Nashville, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 80.
Parton’s death was also announced on Instagram by her head of security and nephew, Brian Seaver, in a video message.
“It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly,” Seaver said in part in the message. “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless others who have watched her and longed to meet her in the heavens.”
Seaver also noted Parton’s support of all those she encountered over the years.
“Dolly opened doors not just for me but for her entire family to reach the potential we didn’t even know was possible,” Seaver sad in the Instagram message. “Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians and dreamers from every walk of life and across every continent. By her example, we believed that anything is possible. She never saw a door she couldn’t open, and the doors she opened made and changed history.”
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