00:00Iconic country singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur Dolly Parton died Tuesday.
00:05She was 80. A rep for Parton announced that she died peacefully in Nashville.
00:12Parton revealed back in September of last year that she was postponing a set of Las Vegas concerts
00:17to deal with, quote, some health challenges, moving the dates from December 2025 to September
00:222026. She later canceled the planned concert dates in May of this year. Over the past few
00:28months, she put on a brave front, telling her fans that she was OK. Her husband of nearly 58 years,
00:34businessman Carl Dean, died at age 82 on March 3, 2025. The queen of country music rose from an
00:41impoverished childhood in a one-room mountain cabin that she shared with 11 brothers and sisters
00:46to decades of global superstardom, with hit songs, movies, eye-popping costumes, and a joy of living
00:53few entertainers could match. Among her inescapable hit singles were three self-written block
00:58blockbusters, Jolene, 9 to 5, and I Will Always Love You, which topped Billboard's country chart in
01:051974. The last one was given a new life and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 14
01:11weeks,
01:11after Whitney Houston recorded her own dramatic version for her 1992 film, The Bodyguard. I Will
01:17Always Love You remains the best-selling single by a female recording artist, earning more than $10
01:22million in pure profit for Parton. On the screen, Parton held her own with some of Hollywood's finest
01:28actors. Her film credits include 1980's 9 to 5, 1982's The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,
01:351984's Rhinestone, 1989's Steel Magnolias, and 2012's Joyful Noise. For much more on the life and
01:42career of Dolly Parton, go to THR.com. This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
01:52The Hollywood Reporter News.
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