Even Vin Diesel got in on the outpouring of love for the late country icon, who died Aug. 25 at age 80.
Dolly Parton performs at the Academy of Country Music Awards held at Allegiant Stadium on March 7, 2022, in Las Vegas.
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It’s hard to think of an artist whose death has elicited the kind of unadulterated love, grief and heart-swelling emotion as Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday (Aug. 25) at age 80. The beloved Queen of Country charmed the world over a six-decade career with her 50 charted albums on the Billboard 200 chart, featuring such indelible hits as “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” and brought joy to millions of children around the world with her Imagination Library, which has distributed more than 200 million books over the past 30 years.
And while everyone from President Trump to the Library of Congress and Nashville politicians lined up to pay homage by ordering flags at half-staff, honor her good works and push to have the Nashville International Airport renamed in her honor, many of Parton’s peers and musical admirers paid tribute in the most fitting way: by playing her songs.
