The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.

Alabama's proposed Dolly Parton Imagination Library license plate surged from 40 to over 550 pre-commitments in 24 hours following the icon's death.

“The world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden,” singer Kacey Musgraves said.

Dolly Parton, a national treasure whose country music career married grit and wit, faith and sex appeal, virtuosity and plastic surgery and more, has died.

After growing up in poverty, she became famous for her legendary songs, big heart and larger-than-life style. But the iconic musician insisted that "the songs lead to everything else"

Country music’s patron saint Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family announced in a video posted to her Instagram on Tuesday. Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946, grew up in rural Sevierville, Tennessee, in a family of 12 children. They were so poor that her father, a sharecropper, paid for her birth with a bag of grain.

Dolly Parton ’s sister has shed some insight into the singer’s final months, stating that she offered to use experimental drugs to help others with cancer if there was “no hope” for her.

CNN has issued an apology after mistakenly airing a photo of a Dolly Parton impersonator during coverage of the country music icon’s death. After Parton died at age 80 on Tuesday, that night’s episode of Laura Coates Live featured a photo of Las Vegas celebrity impersonator Kelly Vohnn,

The country music icon left her mark on education when she died Aug. 25.

Dolly Parton told her friend and fellow country star Lainey Wilson a poignant message in their final call just a few weeks before her death