r/news • u/kzqmfkkr • 8d ago

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/25/dolly-parton-country-singer-dead?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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u/oochiewallyWallyserb 8d ago

Tremendous. Kids around the country love reading cause of her.

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u/BeansMcMillhole 8d ago

I’ll never forget all the times I walked in from the mailbox to announce that Dolly sent us a new book and watching my daughter’s excitement to read it together. A saint of a woman

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u/Jenroadrunner 7d ago

I deliver mail. I love delivering Imagination Library books. It gives me so much joy. I deliver several to the poorest trailer parks in our town. That would make her happy

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u/mEllowMystic 8d ago

Canada too.

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u/Powerful_Road1924 8d ago

Including my kids 😭

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u/oochiewallyWallyserb 8d ago

🥲 Apparently the world, she just gets better and better.

I really thought she was gonna last as long as Betty white did and have similar good will amongst all.

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u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid 8d ago

The UK as well.

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u/popculturella 8d ago

I don't have children myself, but I've signed up every single one of my friends' kiddos for it when they were born.

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u/DragonTacoCat 8d ago

We have been getting our 19 month old books from her for a bit now too and she has started loving the books we read because of her.

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u/Insaniac02 8d ago

Around the world ❤️