
Flowers and candles, placed by fans, cover the late US singer-songwriter Dolly Parton's star on The Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on August 25, 2026. Dolly Parton, the American country music singer who rose from poverty in Tennessee to become a US cultural giant with hits like "Jolene" and "9 to 5," has died at 80, her family said on August 25. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)




