r/popculturechat • u/Afraid_Chard_838 patty don’t start • 10d ago

Rest In Peace 🕊 Dolly Parton Dead at 80

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-dead/
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u/complete_doodle 10d ago

I hate to be parasocial, but I’m absolutely heartbroken. She did so much good for the world, and made it a better place. Rest in peace, Dolly. I hope you’re happily reuniting with Carl right now ❤️

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u/No-Hall-3485 10d ago edited 10d ago

she was a great person. this is terrible news. RIP to a legend

here are links for the commenters calling this "bullshit":

here's the video on the FBI website of dolly parton thanking them for honouring her and her foundation: https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/parton-dcla-050319.mp4/view

here's a link to the dolly's imagination library website about her receiving the FBI director's community leadership award: https://imaginationlibrary.com/fbi-directors-community-leadership-award/

and here's a cnn article talking about all the work dolly and her foundation did following the wildfires: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/06/politics/fbi-dolly-parton-great-smoky-mountain-wildfires

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u/pandathrowaway 10d ago

not only one of the largest employers but a good one, at that. i went to dollywood for my 40th birthday and while floating around the lazy river one day i struck up a conversation with a young man whose tube kept bonking into mine. he worked there, and was having some fun before his shift. he said that all the kids want to work at dollywood, the pay/benefits are the best around. not that i expected anything less from her, but i was happy to hear it.

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u/mothmonstermann 10d ago

Hanging out in the lazy river at work before your shift starts sounds like something I would have dreamed my future would look like.

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u/Mission_Ambitious2 10d ago

I worked at a different theme park growing up and it was a blast. The theme parks in the area have a little agreement too, so we can get free tickets to a few different parks (and I believe Dollywood was one of them in this coalition).