Two days after Dolly Parton’s death at 80, her sister Stella revealed that the singer had said she wanted her medical team to try experimental drugs on her if there was no hope left — in the hope of helping others in the future.
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President Trump ordered American flags to half-staff nationwide for a week after Dolly Parton’s death at 80. She had twice declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom from his first administration, and a third time from Joe Biden.
Dolly Parton has died peacefully in Nashville at 80, her family announced in a video posted to her own Instagram account. No cause of death was given.
Dolly Parton has given her most direct account yet of the health problems that have kept her off stage, telling People she let them slide while caring for her husband Carl Dean before his death in March 2025.
She stole hearts as little Dolly Parton at 8. Here’s how Alyvia Alyn Lind grew up on-screen and what she’s done since the NBC movies.
Written as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, Dolly’s 1974 ballad became a rare No. 1 twice-and a cultural handoff to Whitney Houston.
They eloped in Ringgold in 1966, then spent nearly 59 years fiercely protecting their private love. Here’s what made it last.
Dolly Parton’s journey from a one-room Smoky Mountain cabin to global icon is harsher and more inspiring than the fairy tale most fans know.