colleeeeeeeen 🇵🇸

mariposa de amor

[LEN @jaaayLENo]

Can’t even book dinner reservations or form a solid plan. I have to laugh

[Dua @Duakz5q]

“Men are natural leaders” babe they can’t even schedule a doctors appointment

[BASED SAVAGE @crackcobain__]

God keep taking the wrong white people

[slutty the vampire slayer @lesbians4vamps]

And then Tim Curry dies

[Soda 🥤🫧 || 2BTR SPOILERS @ghoulsoda]

I DIDN’T MEAN TIM CURRY WHAT THE FUCK

[strawbs 🎀 @strawbabywine]

they hit the second tower

[Queer Latifah ✨ @TheAfrocentricI]

I’ll never forget that Dolly would continuously donate the proceeds from “I Will Always Love You”. She was happy that it was now Whitney’s song and made sure the money from it went to those that needed it more. A true humanitarian. May she rest in peace.

[dr. olympia kiriakou @thescrewballgrl]

In addition to being immensely talented, Dolly Parton understood the power of her celebrity and used it for societal good, and that is her greatest legacy. We should all aspire to be as generous and kind.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Dolly Parton spent her life helping kids, marginalized communities and people in need, while entertaining millions.

She never had to, she chose to.

In a world full of wannabe Donald Trumps, choose to be a Dolly Parton.

[✨🌻 Lock, Shock, and Barrel’s Fav Auntie 🌻✨ @BraveBird131]

That lady sent hundreds and thousands of books to underprivileged kids FOR FREE for decades.

She invested all of the royalties from Whitney’s version into Black businesses from jump.

A real fucking legend.

[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.

[The Green Kasey 🎃 @RawbertBeef]

I don’t think people know just how much Dolly contributed to children’s literacy. Her Imagination Library has been helping underprivileged families teach their kids how to read for over three decades. The war on illiteracy just lost one of its strongest soldiers.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

- donated tens of millions of dollars to charitable causes
- distributed more than 325 million free books through the her Imagination Library
- funded COVID research that produced the Moderna vaccine
- wrote over 3000 songs and sold more than 100 million records worldwide

We lost an absolute GOAT today 💙

[MISSESHABABY. @baddieeey]

Dolly Parton was one of the few white women who consistently used her platform to support marginalized communities. I have so much respect for the ways she chose to use her influence in this world, and that kind of compassion and solidarity will be missed. Her impact was bigger than entertainment. May she rest in peace and be united with her beloved husband Carl.

[arielle @ellycelly]

I truly think there will really never be another Dolly, not just because of her singular talent, but because of her profoundly good heart. what a wonderful woman who knew exactly who she was and what she stood for. it’s a rare thing.

[George M Johnson Garçon @IamGMJohnson]

Dolly Parton was one of the first public figures fundraising and fighting for people living with HIV and AIDS in 80’s, when the government refused to. Always been a LGBTQ rights advocate as well.

Rest in peace Dolly.

[tori @skinstrash]

💘

[K A C E Y @KaceyMusgraves]

The world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden.

[daniel @beytallica]

please everybody do not forget how important dolly’s philanthropy towards impoverished & illiterate communities in the south & appalachia was. i’m so so heartbroken

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at https://t.co/cLu9I7M2wC

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at https://t.co/arzrqInqJA