{"id":426873,"date":"2026-08-26T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/dolly-parton-dies-at-80-after-brief-cancer-battle-team-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:12:00","slug":"dolly-parton-dies-at-80-after-brief-cancer-battle-team-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/dolly-parton-dies-at-80-after-brief-cancer-battle-team-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Dies at 80 After Brief Cancer Battle, Team Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dolly Parton, the country music singer, songwriter and philanthropist whose career stretched across more than six decades, died in Nashville at age 80, according to her publicist and a statement from her team. The statement said Parton died after a brief battle with cancer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n

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Parton\u2019s death was reported on Aug. 25, 2026, as tributes began to spread across the music industry. CBS News said her team confirmed the cancer battle, while the Associated Press reported that the singer died in Nashville. The reports did not identify the type of cancer or provide additional medical details.<\/p>\n

Parton became one of the most recognisable figures in country music through songs including \u201cJolene,\u201d \u201c9 to 5\u201d and \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d Her work also extended into film, business and philanthropy. She founded the Imagination Library, a programme that provides books to children, and remained active in public projects late in life. The singer\u2019s death has prompted renewed attention to her music catalogue, charitable work and influence on generations of performers. Her public legacy spans recordings, screen appearances, business ventures and a large literacy programme.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton, the country music singer, songwriter and philanthropist whose career stretched across more than six decades, died in Nashville at age 80, according to her publicist and a statement from her team. The statement said Parton died after a brief battle with cancer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, surrounded by loved ones. Parton\u2019s death was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}