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Dolly Parton in 2024.Jon Morgan—CBS/Getty Images by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Aug 25, 2026 6:34 PM UTC Dolly Parton, the country music [legend](https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096090/dolly-parton-2/) behind hits like “Jolene” and “9 to 5” as well as businesswoman, [fashion icon](https://time.com/collections/time100-voices/6324637/dolly-parton-behind-the-seams-fashion/), and [philanthropist](https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286075/dolly-parton/), has died. She was 80. Her death was announced in a [video](https://x.com/DollyParton/status/2092309743981228273) featuring her nephew, Bryan Seaver, that was shared on Parton’s social media accounts. Seaver didn’t disclose a cause of death in the video. He said that his aunt “has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by” her loved ones, including her husband Carl Dean, who died last year, as well as her parents and “countless others who have watched her and longed for her to meet them in the havens.” “She never saw a door she couldn’t open, and the doors she opened made and changed history,” Seaver said. “My family and I have shared a lifetime of beautiful memories with Dolly, but so have you. 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