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Dolly Parton’s classics like “Jolene” and “9 to 5” will live on long after her death, but will we get new music from the Queen of Country as well? Her own interviews indicate there is more to come. At least one tune is recorded and ready — if you can wait until 2045. In 2022, Parton […]

“Years and years ago, my sister and I made a pact that when Dolly died we’d come to Dollywood immediately,” Rebekah Donchatz said. “We just needed to be here.”Dollywood, the theme park founded by country music legend Dolly Parton, opened in Tennessee in 1986 and boasts roller coasters, seasonal festivals and old-time displays of rural […]

Flags across the United States flew at half-staff Wednesday as grieving fans paid tribute to the late country music star and beloved cultural icon Dolly Parton. A family source said a private funeral service for Parton is slated for this weekend in Nashville. All five living US presidents praised the entertainment giant who eschewed politics […]

At a Washington gay bar, Cameron Austin donned a country western outfit replete with cowboy boots, as he sat in the corner sipping a drink while Dolly Parton’s “When I’m Gone” blasted through the sound system.”I didn’t grow up listening to a lot of the gay icons that we typically think of, but she’s the […]

Americans of all stripes united to grieve the death of country music legend Dolly Parton, offering a rare moment of agreement as presidents of both parties joined entertainment and business giants in paying her tribute. The singer, who was 80, was long heralded as one of the few celebrities that everybody loved. President Donald Trump […]

Over her six-decade career, country music legend Dolly Parton wrote about 3,000 songs: upbeat tunes perfect for sing-alongs, introspective heart-wrenching ballads and anthemic pop smash hits. Here is a look at five of Parton’s best-known songs, including the stories behind them and some of her searing lyrics:- ‘Jolene’ -The 1973 song is one of Parton’s […]

Hungarian author Peter Nadas, renowned for his epic surrealist meditations on the darker chapters of 20th-century European history, died on Wednesday aged 83, his publicist told AFP.”Peter Nadas passed away,” publicist Anett Orosz said. A post on Nadas’s Facebook page said the author died early Wednesday at his home in Gombosszeg, western Hungary. The reclusive, acerbic […]

With Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” filling the night air, fans of the late country music icon laid flowers at a Tennessee statue of the singer who changed their US state forever. As news of Parton’s death spread on Tuesday, hundreds of Americans gathered in her hometown of Sevierville to pay homage to their native icon.”We’ve always called […]

Dolly Parton, the country music star who rose from grinding poverty in Tennessee to become a rhinestone-studded cultural icon with hits like “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” has died at 80, her family said Tuesday. Parton was more than a singer — she wrote 3,000 songs, acted in major Hollywood films and donated millions of […]