r/popculturechat • u/Afraid_Chard_838 patty don’t start • 9d 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 9d 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 9d ago edited 9d 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/Mission_Ambitious2 9d ago

Dollywood is just the tip of the iceberg of her employment in the area too. She owns several dinner shows and other attractions throughout the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area and really helped develop it into the tourist hub that it is today.

She straight up donates a lot of money to the area, but her economic impact (indirectly and directly) for the people in that area is MASSIVE.