{"id":43776,"date":"2026-08-26T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43776"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:30:20","slug":"country-music-icon-dolly-parton-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/country-music-icon-dolly-parton-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music icon Dolly Parton dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DrnCK\">\n<div class=\"HwXOf\">\n<div class=\"kcAOr t9ThB\" data-testid=\"RecipientWell\">\n<div data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:false,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\">\n<div id=\"MSG_wAEqBLhewAA_TO\" class=\"___sj378o0 fly5x3f f1l02sjl f113hnb5\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n<div id=\"7\" class=\"EditorClass ___18acxwi ftgm304 fr7e4de f1ids18y f1ohdurq f1fa7rqs f10pi13n f1a3p1vp fkhj508 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv fly5x3f f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f f19f4twv f1tyq0we fz5stix g7toD\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-readonly=\"true\" aria-label=\"To: Bomkazi Malobola\">United States (US) country music singer and songwriter Dolly Parton has died after a career spanning more than six decades.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_4\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_4cf6\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\" class=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">Her family confirmed her death on Instagram with reports indicating that the country icon died at her home in Nashville, Tennessee aged 80.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">Parton was long regarded as a national treasure in the US and one of the most successful artists in country music, known internationally for songs including &#8220;Jolene,&#8221; &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; and &#8220;I Will Always Love You.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">Her career included 11 Grammy Awards, induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43777,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-43776","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Country music singer and songwriter Dolly Parton has died","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43778,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43776\/revisions\/43778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}