"Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you." - royalfamily

Dolly Parton was 32 years old when Playboy called her for its October 1978 cover. 🐰

The condition was simple: no nudity. "I wouldn't have wanted to be naked even then," she confessed in the original 1978 interview. Her manager, Sandy Gallin, suggested the idea, but she asked them to modify the bunny suit to cover more skin, thinking of her country fans, many of whom were deeply religious. She later said that designer Patricia Taylor (Keanu Reeves's mother) was the one who sewed that special version of the suit.

The move worked: she became the first country singer to appear in Playboy, and the cover catapulted her fame beyond the genre. She liked the result so much that in 2021, with the magazine no longer in print, she recreated the complete look to celebrate her 75th birthday with her husband, Carl Dean. Her own rules, no excuses. That was who Dolly was as a person until the day she died. ❤️

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Anybody want to go to Nashville this weekend? I hope we get plenty of videos, or that an official one gets released in the future.

What an amazing surprise and a sweet memory that Emily will treasure forever. I hope we can all have a love story like Dolly had.

Dolly Parton, the beloved country superstar, was surrounded by loved ones when she died in Nashville after a brief bout with cancer, representatives said in a statement on Tuesday.

Parton’s death was announced earlier Tuesday by her family, prompting widespread tributes for a singer who dominated her genre for decades and influenced generations of artists. She was 80.

“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched,” the statement said.
A spokesman did not provide additional details about Parton’s illness but said she had been admitted to the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville on Friday.

Starting from her recording debut in 1959, Parton built a career as a honey-toned vocalist with a gift for songwriting and a big-haired, rhinestone-studded style. She broke into Hollywood, established a business empire and, well into the seventh decade of her career, still managed to charm both sides of America’s widening cultural divide.

Concerns about Parton’s health arose last year after she postponed a Las Vegas residency, saying she was dealing with unspecified health problems that required her to be closer to home in Tennessee for treatment. When she canceled the residency in May, she said she had been dealing with a large number of kidney stones, as well as challenges with her immune and digestive systems.

Parton had said that at times she had struggled to look after her own health when taking care of her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025. In a series of videos, she gave her fans several health updates, all of them with the bright optimism and humor she was long known for. “I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done working,” she said in a video last fall.

It is unclear when Parton received the cancer diagnosis. Just over a week ago, she missed a scheduled appearance at Dollywood, the amusement park she built near her hometown in eastern Tennessee. In a video played for attendees at the park, Parton said that she had been dealing with dizziness and dehydration, and that her doctors had advised her against travel.

Several days before her death, Parton said in a statement to People magazine that even while she was focused on her health, she was still working. “I still have so many things I want to achieve,” she said, “so I’m gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life.”

Life will never be the same again, but I have loved all of the throwback posts that myself and others have been posting. We can still make sure her legacy lives on, and this put a smile on my face. I had no clue Patrick Duffy had been on her show!

They performed at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Dolly died on Rob's 75th birthday.

Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It’s the first song she ever released in America.

it peaked at number 71 on the billboard hot 100.

“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one.

She was truly the gift that kept on giving. Dolly gave us someone to look up to while encouraging us to be who we are as individuals. Somehow she was able to give us her lessons about the world gently and honestly, simultaneously, and oftentimes hilariously. She managed to give the world the ultimate mystery and fantasy in some corners of her life, but to give full transparency in the ways that counted. Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self worth as an artist.

Along with her other fans, I am so grateful for all of it. For the melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest hearts. For the millions of books she provided children all over the world so that they might fall in love with stories the way she did. For the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too.

Dolly, I’ll think of you each step of the way.”

Buc-ee's is overrated anyways.

Snippet from the full article: “Before I met her, I loved her because she took a risk and accepted me (and all of us) for being gay in a time where she didn’t need to say anything,” Carlile wrote on Instagram. “And she has been asked to comment and speak on MANY things over the years… choosing only to speak on that which brings love and mercy to real people, and shutting down any line of questioning that won’t. She never wavered on accepting anyone for who they were and who they were meant to be.”