Andrea Gold

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Breast Cancer Survior,

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Show of hands of how many of you expected to see a Dolly Parton and Bob Hope duet today?

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.

[MsMarvelDuckie @MsDuckie0616]

Yes, please!!

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Dolly Parton Delivered her Pet Peeves.

[That Week In SNL @ThatWeekInSNL]

Dolly Parton regales the cast with tales of the good ol’ days.

[Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA]

Dolly Parton charmed The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on September 19, 1979, by performing an original tribute song titled "(I Never Really Made It Till) The Johnny Carson Show" directly to the host.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Dolly Parton performing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville for the very first time in 1969.

[Charles MEANgus @theboogiecowboy]

Dolly Parton, her parents and siblings doing a version of “In The Pines” in 1976, a song long associated with Lead Belly but whose origins predate him…likely came out of a hodgepodge mix of songs from Southern Appalachia.

[Loretta Lynn @LorettaLynn]

Our whole family is devastated to hear of Dolly’s passing. Dolly was an icon, a legend, a world unto herself. But even more, she was mom’s friend. She was her “mountain sister”. They understood each other. Our hearts go out to all of Dolly’s family and team. We take comfort in knowing the Honky Tonk Angels are together again and that one day, we will hear them live again. Sending our love, The Lynn Family

[Andrea 🦋🐞 (Taylor’s Version) @AmericanKaw13]

The fact this was Dolly’s last post 😭❤️‍🩹

[Robert Stillwell @RobertStillwell]

Here's the scene at Dolly Parton's house tonight as we and many others stopped to honor her and show our respect.

[The M*A*S*H Historian @MASHhistorian]

I’ve never seen this before, and I can’t think of a better way to remember these two iconic talents.

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

An apt day to remember that Dolly Parton once recorded a cover of Stairway to Heaven - and, in defiance of every moral law in the universe, she absolutely owned it.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[Marshall Mathers @Eminem]

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.

Dolly was a global cultural icon whose seven-decade career reached generations of fans. Beyond entertainment, Dolly leaves a significant philanthropic legacy through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, which has provided hundreds of millions of books to children worldwide.

At Nine-Two-Five tonight, we celebrate her and her legacy 💖

[Just Rock Content @JustRockContent]

One of the all-time great Rock Hall moments: Dolly’s “Jolene” with Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Pat Benatar, Annie Lennox, Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Pink, and Sheryl Crow. Zac Brown Band held it down as the house band.

Rest easy, Dolly 🤘

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Snoop Dogg @SnoopDogg]

Yes this is real. 😃 👊🏿

I’m hiring. Applications open 8.27. 🍦

[Premier League @premierleague]

Aura.

@Erling 💇‍♂️