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I just heard that! Pretty sad, she was a really beautiful person! She will be missed by many!!

I think this helps understand her life.

Her donation funded the critical early stages of development of the Moderna vaccine.[270] In March 2021, Parton was vaccinated against COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University. She labeled social media accounts of the occasion "Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine."[271] Parton strongly encouraged everyone to get vaccinated when eligible and performed a song celebrating her vaccination, set to the tune of her song "Jolene".[272][273][274]

She was the 4th of 12 children. Yet she had no children of her own. Parton was diagnosed with endometriosis and had a partial hysterectomy in her 30s, which affected her ability to have children, however she was married at 20, so we may never know what happened there. Seems sad, she was married to the same man for her whole life, a rare thing for an American celebrity, yet had no children. She was raised in the Church of God, but did not seem to have any affiliation as an adult.

American popular singer, and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80. Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025). It is a shock to me. 80 does not seem that old. But she was not an Adventist. Adventist's do live longer.

Dolly Parton Dies Country music legend Dolly Parton died yesterday at age 80 after a battle with cancer. The singer-songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist published about 3,000 musical titles, including 25 No. 1 country hits like “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You.” See the stories behind some of her greatest hits. Parton was born in 1946 in East Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children in a home without electricity or plumbing. She wrote her first song at age 5 and began singing on the radio and TV by age 10. In 1967, she was hired to sing on the country variety TV program "The Porter Wagoner Show," propelling her solo career (watch her first-day performance). Parton was the top-ranked female country singer from 1967 to 1993 and starred in multiple films, including “9 to 5” (for which she wrote the theme song), “Steel Magnolias,” and “Straight Talk.” She opened her theme park, Dollywood, in 1986 and launched the Imagination Library in 1995—delivering more than 200 million books to children across the US. Scroll to explore fascinating resources 1440 staff has collected about Parton.