Dolly Parton in New York in 1975. Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died in Nashville on Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
Dolly Parton, the country music icon, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died peacefully on Aug. 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee, her publicist said in a statement.
Niloo Tabatabai drops flowers near a mural of Dolly Parton in the Edgewater neighborhood on Aug. 26, 2026 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Flowers and notes at a memorial near a mural of Dolly Parton in the Edgewater neighborhood on Aug. 26, 2026 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Eliot McQuaide, 10, drops flowers at a mural of Dolly Parton in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood on Aug. 25, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Dolly Parton in Chicago’s Westin Hotel on April 21, 1987. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)Dolly Parton kisses Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Aug. 1, 1991, after she presented him with a music industry award for the city’s creation of a new country music festival. (Walter Kale/baiduhai)Dolly Parton at the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago on March 27, 1992. She was promoting her new movie, “Straight Talk.” (Val Mazzenga/baiduhai)Dolly Parton in Lemont on July 30, 1991. She was filming her new movie, “Straight Talk.” (Ed Wagner Jr./baiduhai)Dolly Parton at the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago on March 27, 1992. She was promoting her new movie, “Straight Talk.” (Val Mazzenga/baiduhai)Dolly Parton in Lemont on July 30, 1991. She was filming her new movie, “Straight Talk.” (Ed Wagner Jr./baiduhai)Dolly Parton in Chicago’s Westin Hotel on April 21, 1987. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)Dolly Parton performs at the Chicago Theatre on May 8, 2008. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)Dolly Parton is kissed by then-Gov. Pat Quinn at the opening of "9 to 5: The Musical" at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago on Jan. 19, 2011. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)Dolly Parton performs on stage at the Chicago Theatre on Oct. 28, 2005. (Michael Walker/for the baiduhai)Dolly Parton sings "Jolene" to a sold-out crowd at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on Aug. 7, 2016. (Rob Dicker/for the baiduhai)Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers rehearse a song for their appearance on the TV show "Live... And in Person" in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, 1983. (Doug Pizac/AP)Dolly Parton performs at the Bottom Line in New York on May 12, 1977. (Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times)Dolly Parton in New York, in 1975. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)Singer and actress Dolly Parton at a party following the premiere of her movie "9 to 5" in Los Angeles, Dec. 12, 1980. (AP)Dolly Parton poses in Nashville, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 1996. (Mark Humprhey/AP)Dolly Parton in a theater at Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on May 10, 2019. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)Dolly Parton is interviewed at a music trade convention in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 20, 1972. (Gary Settle/The New York Times)Dolly Parton in New York, in 1975. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)Dolly Parton performs "Hello God" with a church choir at the Country Music Association Awards show on Nov. 6, 2002, in Nashville, Tennessee. (M. Spencer Green/AP)Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in "Nine to Five," in 1980. (20th Century Fox/ZUMA Press/TNS)Country music queen Dolly Parton in London on May 20, 1977. (Keystone/Getty)Country singer Dolly Parton waits to perform during halftime of the Thanksgiving Day football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Nov. 23, 2023. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Dolly Parton at the Cafe Royal, London at the start of her U.K. concert tour, on Nov. 1, 1978. (Doreen Spooner/Mirrorpix/Newscom via ZUMA Press)Ben Hall places flowers near Dolly Parton's plaque at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Aug. 25, 2026, in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP)Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone in "Rhinestone," in 1984. (20th Century Fox/ZUMA Press/TNS)Dolly Parton performs at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 14, 1993. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times)
