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Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
Confirmed
"After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones," her team said in a statement to CBS News. "Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched," her team said in a statement.
"I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend, Dolly Parton," Ronstadt said in a statement. Dolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton because, after a life of wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest.
Having written thousands of songs across her decades-long career, Parton said songwriting was her greatest form of self-expression. "It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness, but sadness lies with us, not with Dolly," he said.
"I hold knowing her as a treasure in my life," Roberts said in a statement. Not with the over-the-top, hyperfeminine look she'd cultivated for years: those piled-high blond wigs, stiletto heels and tight-fitting costumes she always said she had modeled after a woman from back home.
At the White House, President Trump called her death "a true loss for millions of people" and ordered the American flag lowered across the country starting Tuesday evening. She also said she wasn't up to "stage performance level" and had to cancel upcoming performances in Las Vegas.
She has described the Opry as the "church of my heart" and said performing there was a lifelong dream. "Your love, your music and you gave so much with your huge huge heart," McEntire said.
"There has never been anyone like her, and never will," Mr. Trump said.
What's confirmed
- "I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend, Dolly Parton," Ronstadt said in a statement.
- "I hold knowing her as a treasure in my life," Roberts said in a statement.
- "Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched," her team said in a statement.
What's still developing
- Not with the over-the-top, hyperfeminine look she'd cultivated for years: those piled-high blond wigs, stiletto heels and tight-fitting costumes she always said she had modeled after a woman from back home.
- "After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones," her team said in a statement to CBS News.
- "It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness, but sadness lies with us, not with Dolly," he said.
- She also said she wasn't up to "stage performance level" and had to cancel upcoming performances in Las Vegas.
- At the White House, President Trump called her death "a true loss for millions of people" and ordered the American flag lowered across the country starting Tuesday evening.
- "There has never been anyone like her, and never will," Mr. Trump said.
- "Your love, your music and you gave so much with your huge huge heart," McEntire said.
- She has described the Opry as the "church of my heart" and said performing there was a lifelong dream.