# Dolly Parton has died at age 80 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [August 25, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545 "2026-08-25T18:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/181 "2026-08-28T23:32:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She once said “It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey,” She wasn’t whistling Dixie! This is going to be my most expensive Halloween costume ever. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/182 "2026-08-29T01:13:27Z")
I had a copy of her greatest hits, which I played occasionally, but in general I did not appreciate country music for many years. In addition to her great songs and music, finding Covid vaccine research and filming herself getting the vaccine, she is said to have started a sanctuary for bald eagles, and sent 300 million books to young readers (monthly to age five) in five countries. A very astute businesswoman, in addition to founding Dollywood she started a Dolly truck stop destination à la Buc-ees. > **[What Dolly Parton Knew About Reading](https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/what-dolly-parton-knew-about-reading/688450/?gift=FNE9XeXXKzu6Z_8urufLLpKPt-p9sgVWcF37dye_fdg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > She wanted to be remembered, most of all, as the “book lady.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/183 "2026-08-29T01:23:43Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > sent 300 million books to young readers As is discussed in posts #53 and #122. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/184 "2026-08-29T03:25:16Z")
Yeah? So? They didn’t say how many books or countries. That’s a pretty big commitment. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/185 "2026-08-29T20:31:59Z")
Tonight’s concert can also be watched on the streaming channel [Circle Country](https://www.circlecountry.com/) – which is carried on Comcast (channel 4045, at least for me) and Pluto. Probably carried on other services, which I don’t know about, as well. Circle Country will also show _Dolly Parton: Big Hair, Bigger Heart_ at 6:09 Eastern and an Opry concert from March which features Vince Gill and others covering Dolly’s songs at 7:05. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/186 "2026-08-30T10:10:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Dolly Parton International? It’s looking likely that the name of the Nashville airport will be renamed. It will be addressed in a meeting on September 17th. > **[Tennessee moves to rename Nashville International Airport in Dolly Parton’s...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-moves-rename-nashville-international-airport-dolly-partons-h-rcna594978)** > > The proposal to rename the airport will be addressed at the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority’s meeting on Sept. 17. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/187 "2026-08-30T14:43:34Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > It’s looking likely that the name of the Nashville airport will be renamed. It will be addressed in a meeting on September 17th. Maybe it’ll last longer than the Bob Hope airport. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/188 "2026-08-30T15:02:26Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Maybe it’ll last longer than the Bob Hope airport. Burbank committed a marketing blunder in not associating the branding with the location, but that’s an artifact of there being a half dozen airports within that greater metropolitan area. Pretty sure no one would be confused in TN but they can always name it “Nashville Dolly Parton” or “Dolly Parton Nashville” for public branding purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/189 "2026-08-30T15:17:01Z")
I’m flying into Dolly Parton tonight sounds kind of risqué. I think Dolly would chuckle at that and say don’t you wish! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/190 "2026-08-30T15:24:39Z")
I looked at the airport in Google Earth. It could use a facelift. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/191 "2026-08-30T17:10:53Z")
We’re there a pair of huge mountains leading into it? ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/192 "2026-08-31T10:00:23Z")
From [weather.com](http://weather.com) _Tropical Storm Dolly formed Thursday morning, becoming the fourth storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. By late Friday morning, observations showed that Dolly was an open tropical wave and no longer a tropical storm, but it is still brining beneficial Caribbean rains…_ _The timing of the use of this name for a tropical storm is “purely coincidental,” according to the National Hurricane Center. The name “Dolly” was chosen in the early 1990s_ So Dolly brought relief to the Caribbeans. > **[Edouard could form in Gulf, bringing soaking rain to TX, LA](https://weather.com/2026/08/31/storms/hurricane/edouard-could-form-in-gulf-texas-louisiana-tropical-storm-dolly-caribbean-rain)** > > Future Edouard expected to bring soaking rains to the Gulf Coast early this week. Dolly's remnants could also impact Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/193 "2026-09-11T02:48:49Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > Who is the most universally liked living person now? The torch has been passed. But not in the manner I would have anticipated. [![](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/802597254_1062018963266431_5292825143008090401_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx715x584&ctp=s715x584&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=PbA0M5X6UdEQ7kNvwHIYPS8&_nc_oc=AdqPnPtMeYnUfzKcNUv-4yOpJt0R5aAYzDC8B-LgncOv5yW5xzI08K9CoBcgvaB3ErpZMcXuK0tLwGZpAHM0Qjxr&_nc_zt=14&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=IDfPQ44OQwI0J_pphNm-gw&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQKdmbj71_XJMt0dQbDtHwlfgWwxZT6Drfu5ocDHc_6jFQ&oe=6AA94149) ](https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/802597254_1062018963266431_5292825143008090401_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx715x584&ctp=s715x584&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=PbA0M5X6UdEQ7kNvwHIYPS8&_nc_oc=AdqPnPtMeYnUfzKcNUv-4yOpJt0R5aAYzDC8B-LgncOv5yW5xzI08K9CoBcgvaB3ErpZMcXuK0tLwGZpAHM0Qjxr&_nc_zt=14&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&_nc_gid=IDfPQ44OQwI0J_pphNm-gw&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQKdmbj71_XJMt0dQbDtHwlfgWwxZT6Drfu5ocDHc_6jFQ&oe=6AA94149) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/194 "2026-09-11T03:41:41Z")
And his songs probably also suck. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/195 "2026-09-11T15:05:28Z")
he told the story on graham norton years ago. his mum designed and sewed costumes for dolly parton amoung others. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/196 "2026-09-11T15:13:07Z")
Nice rack, Keanu! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/197 "2026-09-11T15:49:39Z")
Graham Norton had Dolly Parton as a guest on his chat show several times and I remember one occasion when [he visited her at her Tennessee amusement park](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304100/). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/198 "2026-09-11T16:43:30Z")
I’m sure it needed extensive alterations. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/199 "2026-09-11T17:26:09Z")
No problem; surely his mother could take care of that. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545/200 "2026-09-11T21:41:09Z")
Wig makers and stylists are still in deep mourning. I wonder how many hundreds of wigs & dresses did Dolly buy in a sixty year career? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545.md?page=11)