Dolly Parton Dies At 80 After Brief Cancer Battle, Leaves Behind An Enduring Legacy In Music, Hollywood And Philanthropy | Video

Tennessee: Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80.

“After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Centre surrounded by loved ones,” her publicist, Marcel Pariseau, said in a statement Tuesday.