Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died, her nephew Brian Seaver said in a video shared on her Instagram page. She was 80 years old.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the lowering of flags across the United States for a week, calling Parton’s death a “true loss for millions of people”.
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Dolly Parton, country music legend, actor and philanthropist, dies at 80
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