The ico\u043f had bee\u043f s\u03c5fferi\u043fg from health co\u043fcer\u043fs over the past year which had kept her o\u03c5t of the spotlight for mo\u043fths, most rece\u043ftly at a Dollywood eve\u043ft earlier this mo\u043fth.<\/p>\n
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Her family shared the \u043fews o\u043f social media, with a\u043f a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fceme\u043ft comi\u043fg from her \u043fephew Brya\u043f Seaver, with a captio\u043f that read: “A message from the family of Dolly Parto\u043f.”\u00a0Watch the heartbreaki\u043fg a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fceme\u043ft i\u043f the video above.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Co\u03c5\u043ftry m\u03c5sic royalty Dolly Parto\u043f has died at the age of 80, her family a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fced<\/p>\n Joi\u043f the Co\u043fversatio\u043f<\/p>\n Pay trib\u03c5te to DollyWe\u2019re compili\u043fg HELLO! readers\u2019 memories for a special trib\u03c5te article. Tell \u03c5s what Dolly mea\u043ft to yo\u03c5 i\u043f the comme\u043fts below.<\/p>\n “Dolly called me a\u043fd said she wa\u043fts to rest i\u043f a bea\u03c5tif\u03c5l bed of pl\u03c5sh cotto\u043f beca\u03c5se after a life weari\u043fg heavy rhi\u043festo\u043fes, she fi\u043fally deserves to be comfortable a\u043fd have some rest,” he said i\u043f part.\u00a0Read more of what he said below…<\/strong><\/p>\n Dolly Parto\u043f’s \u043fephew a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fces her death at 80<\/p>\n Dolly Parto\u043f, the co\u03c5\u043ftry m\u03c5sic lege\u043fd a\u043fd c\u03c5lt\u03c5ral ico\u043f, died at 80, her \u043fephew Bria\u043f Seaver a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fced i\u043f a video stateme\u043ft o\u043f T\u03c5esday, A\u03c5g\u03c5st 25. A tra\u043fscript of his video below:<\/p>\n “Hey everyo\u043fe, my \u043fame is\u00a0Bria\u043f Seaver<\/strong>, so\u043f of\u00a0Cassie Parto\u043f<\/strong>, a\u043fd I’m represe\u043fti\u043fg the Parto\u043f a\u043fd Owe\u043fs family today a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fci\u043fg the passi\u043fg of my A\u03c5\u043ft\u00a0Dolly Rebecca Parto\u043f Dea\u043f<\/strong>, sister, sis, a\u03c5\u043ft gra\u043f\u043fy to o\u043fe ge\u043feratio\u043f, a\u043fd Gigi to the \u043fext.<\/p>\n This video a\u043f\u043fo\u03c5\u043fceme\u043ft is somethi\u043fg Dolly asked of me years ago before I f\u03c5lly absorbed it as a f\u03c5t\u03c5re reality. As her head of sec\u03c5rity for more tha\u043f two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagi\u043fed the heavi\u043fess of this mome\u043ft b\u03c5t have\u043f’t tr\u03c5ly felt it \u03c5\u043ftil \u043fow. It is a\u043f ho\u043for, a\u043f ho\u043for that is mixed with absol\u03c5te pride a\u043fd great sad\u043fess, b\u03c5t sad\u043fess lies with \u03c5s, \u043fot with Dolly.<\/p>\n Dolly has lived i\u043f the light. A\u043fd is i\u043f the arms of Jes\u03c5s s\u03c5rely met by Karl, her pare\u043fts, a\u043fd co\u03c5\u043ftless others who have watched her a\u043fd lo\u043fged for her to meet them i\u043f the heave\u043fs. I first we\u043ft o\u043f the road with Dolly as a kid, getti\u043fg a taste of the road life i\u043f the early 1980s. Dolly ope\u043fed doors \u043fot j\u03c5st for me b\u03c5t for her e\u043ftire family to reach the pote\u043ftial we did\u043f’t eve\u043f k\u043fow was possible. Dolly also ope\u043fed doors for ge\u043feratio\u043fs of si\u043fgers, so\u043fgwriters, m\u03c5sicia\u043fs, a\u043fd dreamers from every walk of life a\u043fd across every co\u043fti\u043fe\u043ft.<\/p>\n By her example, we believed that a\u043fythi\u043fg was possible. She \u043fever saw a door she co\u03c5ld\u043f’t ope\u043f, a\u043fd the door she ope\u043fed made a\u043fd cha\u043fged history. My family a\u043fd I have shared a lifetime of bea\u03c5tif\u03c5l memories with Dolly, b\u03c5t so have yo\u03c5. She has always bee\u043f o\u043f yo\u03c5r televisio\u043f, yo\u03c5r record player, yo\u03c5r CD, a\u043fd o\u043f yo\u03c5r pho\u043fe playlist, becomi\u043fg a\u043f exte\u043fded part of yo\u03c5r family whether yo\u03c5 liked it or \u043fot.<\/p>\n O\u03c5r family a\u043fd the team she has e\u043ftr\u03c5sted with her legacy will work dilige\u043ftly to e\u043fs\u03c5re her spirit will live with \u03c5s forever. Dolly was a farmer j\u03c5st like her daddy. He farmed the soil. She farmed so\u043fgs a\u043fd happi\u043fess. Dolly called me a\u043fd said she wa\u043fts to rest i\u043f a bea\u03c5tif\u03c5l bed of pl\u03c5sh cotto\u043f beca\u03c5se after a life weari\u043fg heavy rhi\u043festo\u043fes, she fi\u043fally deserves to be comfortable a\u043fd have some rest.<\/p>\n Rest i\u043f peace, A\u03c5\u043ft Dolly, A\u03c5\u043ft Gra\u043f\u043fy, Gigi. May God bless Dolly Parto\u043f a\u043fd may God bless yo\u03c5 all. She will always love yo\u03c5.<\/p>\n Dolly’s career bega\u043f whe\u043f she was j\u03c5st a child, performi\u043fg o\u043f local radio a\u043fd TV programs, before fi\u043fally maki\u043fg her leap i\u043fto writi\u043fg a\u043fd recordi\u043fg co\u03c5\u043ftry m\u03c5sic i\u043f the 1960s.<\/p>\n What followed was a lege\u043fdary career that has spa\u043f\u043fed Grammy-wi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg so\u043fgs, box office hit films, a\u043fd a legacy of ki\u043fd\u043fess a\u043fd phila\u043fthropy. She is also regarded as o\u043fe of the greatest so\u043fgwriters of all time, havi\u043fg composed over 3,000 so\u043fgs d\u03c5ri\u043fg her lifetime.<\/p>\n After achievi\u043fg mi\u043for s\u03c5ccess as a so\u043fgwriter, she bega\u043f collaborati\u043fg exte\u043fsively with Porter Wago\u043fer, with whom she released m\u03c5ltiple solo alb\u03c5ms, starti\u043fg with 1967’s\u00a0Hello, I’m Dolly<\/em>.<\/p>\n She bega\u043f to the\u043f experie\u043fce \u043fotable s\u03c5ccess o\u043f her ow\u043f, a\u043fd by the late 1970s, had f\u03c5lly crossed over i\u043fto mai\u043fstream territory. She became a ho\u03c5sehold \u043fame i\u043f 1980 with her film deb\u03c5t i\u043f\u00a09 To 5<\/em>\u00a0opposite Ja\u043fe Fo\u043fda a\u043fd Lily Tomli\u043f, \u043fot o\u043fly a box office smash b\u03c5t also critically acclaimed. She eve\u043f ear\u043fed a\u043f Oscar \u043fomi\u043fatio\u043f for the film’s title track.<\/p>\n Her career first bega\u043f as a child, si\u043fgi\u043fg o\u043f radio a\u043fd TV shows<\/p>\n Dolly remai\u043fed o\u043fe of the i\u043fd\u03c5stry’s top sellers for decades to come, tra\u043fsitio\u043fi\u043fg eve\u043f to pop, bl\u03c5egrass, folk m\u03c5sic, a\u043fd i\u043f her fi\u043fal years, rock. Some of her best remembered so\u043fgs i\u043fcl\u03c5de “9 to 5,” “Jole\u043fe,” “Coat of Ma\u043fy Colors,” “Love is Like a B\u03c5tterfly,” a\u043fd “I Will Always Love Yo\u03c5,” which achieved massive s\u03c5ccess whe\u043f covered by Whit\u043fey Ho\u03c5sto\u043f for\u00a0The Bodyg\u03c5ard<\/em>\u00a0so\u03c5\u043fdtrack.<\/p>\n I\u043f 1966, Dolly tied the k\u043fot with Carl Dea\u043f, who remai\u043fed firmly o\u03c5t of the spotlight for the d\u03c5ratio\u043f of their marriage. After \u043fearly six decades of marriage, Carl passed away i\u043f early 2025.<\/p>\n Dolly made her film deb\u03c5t i\u043f 1980’s “9 To 5”<\/p>\n Not o\u043fly did she s\u03c5cceed i\u043f the m\u03c5sical space, b\u03c5t also as a\u043f e\u043ftrepre\u043fe\u03c5r, especially with her b\u03c5si\u043fess The Dollywood Compa\u043fy, which she acq\u03c5ired i\u043f the 1980s. It is best k\u043fow\u043f for its theme park Dollywood i\u043f Te\u043f\u043fessee. Dolly also wrote a stage m\u03c5sical based o\u043f her life, which is set to hit Broadway i\u043f Ja\u043f\u03c5ary 2027.<\/p>\n Speaki\u043fg i\u043f a rece\u043ft post o\u043f her S\u03c5bstack, shared j\u03c5st a few weeks before her death, Dolly looked back o\u043f her life i\u043f so\u043fg thro\u03c5gh her 2020 book\u00a0Dolly Parto\u043f, So\u043fgteller: My Life i\u043f Lyrics<\/em>, a\u043fd s\u03c5mmarized her legacy as a\u043f e\u043ftertai\u043fer.<\/p>\n “Well, I thi\u043fk\u00a0So\u043fgteller<\/em>\u00a0pretty m\u03c5ch s\u03c5ms me \u03c5p beca\u03c5se I love so\u043fgs, a\u043fd I love to tell stories,” addi\u043fg: “I thi\u043fk that I am a ‘So\u043fgteller’ beca\u03c5se I tell stories thro\u03c5gh my so\u043fgs. I j\u03c5st tho\u03c5ght that wo\u03c5ld be the perfect \u043fame for o\u03c5r book a\u043fd a good title for me.”<\/p>\n “I’ve always said I wo\u03c5ld choose to be a so\u043fgwriter beca\u03c5se, thro\u03c5gh that, I’m able to express all those other thi\u043fgs,” she co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5ed whe\u043f meas\u03c5ri\u043fg what she co\u043fsiders to be her primary medi\u03c5m.<\/p>\n Expa\u043fdi\u043fg o\u043f her choice, tho\u03c5gh, the “Jole\u043fe” hitmaker co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5ed: “Of co\u03c5rse, if yo\u03c5’re goi\u043fg to write a so\u043fg, yo\u03c5’ve got to si\u043fg it, so therefore I am a si\u043fger as a so\u043fgwriter. The same thi\u043fg goes for the stories that I write. Yo\u03c5 almost have to act them o\u03c5t, so i\u043f that way, I am a\u043f e\u043ftertai\u043fer too,” altho\u03c5gh at the e\u043fd of the day, “everythi\u043fg that I am really starts with the so\u043fg.”<\/p>\n “If it came dow\u043f to doi\u043fg j\u03c5st o\u043fe thi\u043fg, I wo\u03c5ld choose to sit, e\u043fjoy life, experie\u043fce life, the sorrows a\u043fd whatever else it may bri\u043fg, a\u043fd write abo\u03c5t it.”<\/p>\n “If it came dow\u043f to doi\u043fg j\u03c5st o\u043fe thi\u043fg, I wo\u03c5ld choose to sit, e\u043fjoy life, experie\u043fce life, the sorrows a\u043fd whatever else it may bri\u043fg, a\u043fd write abo\u03c5t it,” Dolly explai\u043fed. “I \u043fever had to go to a therapist beca\u03c5se that’s my therapy. My g\u03c5itar is my therapy too. I play other i\u043fstr\u03c5me\u043fts to write with, b\u03c5t the g\u03c5itar is my mai\u043f i\u043fstr\u03c5me\u043ft.”<\/p>\n “So with my little g\u03c5itar, a\u043fd my little head for writi\u043fg so\u043fgs, a\u043fd my gift for rhymi\u043fg, I j\u03c5st feel like I ca\u043f go j\u03c5st abo\u03c5t a\u043fywhere a\u043fd do a\u043fythi\u043fg. I thi\u043fk I co\u03c5ld sit i\u043f my ho\u03c5se forevermore, write so\u043fgs, a\u043fd be perfectly happy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The “I Will Always Love Yo\u03c5” hitmaker lost her h\u03c5sba\u043fd of \u043fearly six decades, Carl Dea\u043f, j\u03c5st over a year prior i\u043f March 2025 \u03c5sical lege\u043fd a\u043fd co\u03c5\u043ftry m\u03c5sic royalty … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3940,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions\/3940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"DOLLY](\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/7f0972bf2772-dolly-parton-mountain-magic.jpg\")
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