Dolly Parton dead at 80: USA TODAY coverage of the death, tributes and funeral plans

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Publisher: USA TODAY · Published: August 25, 2026 · Accessed: August 28, 2026

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Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, at 80, at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones.
Her death followed a brief, private battle with cancer; her diagnosis had not been publicly known before her death.
Her nephew Bryan Seaver, her head of security for more than two decades, announced the death in a video she had asked him to record 'years ago.'
A small, private memorial service will be held for immediate family at Dolly's request; she will be buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville beside her late husband Carl Dean.
Her family requested donations to the Imagination Library (gifting free books to children from birth to age 5, launched 1995) in lieu of flowers.
Dolly postponed Las Vegas concerts in Sept 2025 for health reasons and told fans she had 'some problems' to take care of; in May 2026 she said her immune and digestive systems were 'all out of whack.'