- Tributes have poured in for Dolly Parton following news of her passing.
- Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced the news on behalf of the family on Tuesday.
- Singers Reba McEntire and Dionne Warwick expressed her deep grief, recalling their laughter and their 2023 gospel duet, Peace Like a River. Meanwhile, Blake Shelton who worked with Parton on The Voice, wrote, simply: “We love you Dolly.”
- Actor Jamie Lee Curtis wrote on Instagram: “They say don't meet your heroes. They were wrong about her” and Dolly’s former co-star Lily Tomlin, who starred in their hit 1980 movie 9 to 5, posted on Instagram Tuesday: “No words...”
- Country Music Hall of Fame CEO Kyle Young said in a statement: “Dolly Parton’s legacy is not celebrity, but humanity. She came from poverty to become the most important native of Tennessee.”
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