(AURN News) — Country music legend Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 80.
Her team said she had been facing a brief battle with cancer.
She wrote “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” in 1973. She wrote “9 to 5” for the 1980 film in which she starred with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. When Whitney Houston recorded “I Will Always Love You” in 1992, Parton’s song became one of the best-selling singles in history.
In 2012, she starred opposite Queen Latifah in “Joyful Noise,” a movie about a small-town Georgia church choir.
In 2024, she appeared on Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” introducing Beyoncé’s version of “Jolene” to a new generation.
Country, pop, gospel, bluegrass and rock — she moved through all of it and remained one of the most beloved figures in American life.
Rest in peace, Dolly Parton.
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