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The global music community is mourning the loss of the legendary American singer, songwriter, and cultural icon Dolly Parton, who has died at the age of 80 following a period of declining health. Tributes from fans, fellow artists, and world leaders continue to pour in, celebrating her unmatched legacy, sharp business acumen, and lifelong philanthropy.

Life and Times (Jan 19, 1946- Aug 28, 2026)

Born on January 19, 1946, in a tiny two-room cabin in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, Dolly was the fourth of 12 children. Growing up in extreme poverty in the Smoky Mountains, music was a central part of her family's life. Armed with a powerful voice and deep determination, she packed her bags the very day she graduated high school in 1964 and moved straight to Nashville.

Her big break came in 1967 when she joined country star Porter Wagoner’s TV show as a co-star. Though the partnership launched her into the national spotlight, Parton possessed fierce creative independence. She eventually left the show to forge a solo career, famously writing "I Will Always Love You" as a heartfelt goodbye to Wagoner.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Parton crafted a larger-than-life public persona defined by towering blonde wigs, rhinestones, and immense wit. Beneath the glamorous exterior was a brilliant business mind; she famously retained her master song publishing rights, securing immense wealth. She expanded her empire into Hollywood, starring in box-office hits like 9 to 5 (1980), founded the Dollywood theme park in 1986, and launched the Imagination Library in 1995, a global charity that has mailed hundreds of millions of free books to children.

Popular Songs

Dolly wrote over 3,000 songs, blending raw emotional vulnerability with brilliant storytelling. Her defining musical works include:

"Coat of Many Colors" (1971): A deeply personal, autobiographical track about a mother crafting a jacket out of fabric scraps, symbolizing pride and dignity over material poverty.
"Jolene" (1973): Driven by a hypnotic, driving guitar riff, this desperate plea to a glamorous rival became a timeless global standard.

"I Will Always Love You" (1974): Originally a tender country farewell, it achieved historic, stratospheric heights when Whitney Houston turned it into a powerhouse pop ballad in 1992.
"Here You Come Again" (1977): Her first major mainstream pop-crossover hit, which earned her a Grammy Award and cemented her multi-genre appeal.

"9 to 5" (1980): An upbeat, empowering anthem about the daily grind of the American working class that became a pop-culture touchstone.

"Islands in the Stream" (1983): A silky smooth, chart-topping duet with her lifelong friend Kenny Rogers.

Dolly Parton leaves behind a peerless legacy. From her humble Appalachian roots to global superstardom, she remained remarkably grounded, funny, and profoundly generous until the very end. Her music and spirit will echo forward for generations.

maasoap:
Don't be heart broken over my comment if you don't understand where my comment is coming from.
The last time he bombed "some terrorists" in Sokoto state, many people were jubilating even calling us terrorists sympathisers because we expressed concerns about the fate of the kidnapped victims in the custody of the terrorists. So, the happy people of nairaland referred to them as "collateral".

ukaface:
Mtcheeeew
I will criticize Nigeria and its system over and over again
Nothing good comes out of Nigeria Oga
Try to understand the point and stop twisting my statement.

If you feel attacked about been part of the something not good, then it’s on you.

ukaface:
No

Why?

ukaface:
Go and sit down
To what end?
If Nigeria had won the first position, then it’s to what end?
To brag?
Bragging over football when the country itself is in a mess?
What change would winning first position do for Nigerians? Would it give good roads? Better pay for employees? Good education?

Does anything good come out of Nigeria?

maasoap:
I hope Trump won't bomb terrorists alongside their captives. But I trust our fellow Nigerian Christians to agree that they are collateral damage

Wallade:
You haven't faulted my submission, you are only trying to be antagonistic without reason.

Wallade:
If I am David

I would appreciate the young lady for reaching out, explain to her the several DNA tests done over time that indicated that I am not her father. I would gladly request her to choose a hospital that I am comfortable with and we can deliver our samples for another DNA test, if she is still not convinced that I am not her father.

I would respectfully and clearly make her understand that I can be her model or figure, perhaps her adopted father, but I am not her biological father. I will advice her to ask her mother more questions.

drstranged:
All those attacking the man haven't heard his own version of the story. Believe any woman's tale at your own risk. A woman hardly takes responsibility for her own faults and would rather find someone to put the blame on, even an animal. Ask Eve in the garden of Eden who blamed her sins on the serpent.
Rule is, always hear from both sides before concluding, no matter how sweet one person's side of the story sounds. Truth is, when you hear from both sides you'd most likely know who's telling the truth and who's not, or who's the one at fault. Only very immature people judge situations based on the story they hear from only one party in a case.

CaptainJune:
I am not one to suggest divorce as a solution. The issues bothering her do not have a quick fix, sadly. She is already in the mess. My suggestion aims to help her find something to get her attention away from some of the issues. Clearly, she is mismatched with her husband. He comes across to me as someone who is not a tad bothered about how she feels - a tell-tale sign of someone who is not in the marriage for love. He may just be biding his time to release the bombshell on her, and in her heart of hearts she expects it but won't admit it. The best I can offer as opinion is she finds a church and join the activities there. It should serve not only as her escape route from the stifling silence of her home but also as a place that she can fall back on when she needs it. The husband may restrict her movements to social gatherings like parties, but he cannot keep her from going to the church.

If you have a better idea please feel free.

calabaman:
25 litres of fuel for 5k... Hmm, the good old days

strangest:
Since 2019, NAFDAC has acted unethically and has not taken steps to collaborate with the union to ensure daily market access or establish an office within the market to regulate drug movement. Instead, they choose to shut down all businesses, including those of genuine drug sellers, unfairly punishing them. We are all fighting against fake drugs, but shutting down legitimate businesses along with counterfeit ones is not the solution. How am I supposed to feed my family if my genuine drug business is forcibly closed? It simply doesn’t make sense.

bigpicture001:
I HV never left a day without checking up this war since Feb. 22.. I take 4hours everyday scrapping up every details everywhere about the war... Trust me when I say.. they need more air defence more than atilerries... Drones are doing a perfect job ND Ukraine doesn't import drones anymore....

They also need Abram ND Bradley tanks which dey can till buy from the US

bigpicture001:
If u follow the the war has like I do.. u will get will know Moscow is just two years away from giving up... Trump is making a big mistake....

Russia fires around 5000 atilerries daily in 2022 ND 23.. ND around 1500 to 200 in 2024.. now fires only around 600 to 800.. the sanctions ND heavy loss of men is taking its toll . Their soldiers have no motivation unlike Ukraine who see it as a war if existent.... With more sanction ND more equipment, Russia will eventually run out of men... ND equipment ND will not b able to secure lands it has grabbed... Then Ukraine will counter ND take many back....

Trup ifor a spoiler ND very egoist the ND a show. Man.... Ukraine must continue the war.. must!!!!

bigpicture001:
Ukraine can now continue withnjust EU aids..the military needs are not as much as it stands is in 2023 ND 24...

bigpicture001:
Just asked google whether trump was impeached or not... he was... At the lower house . But will b sent packing if the upper house does same.. but the upper house didn't... But that didn't mean he wasn't impeach... The same thing applies to bill Clinton... He was also impeached

bigpicture001:
It's not saying different thing, u just don't get it yet... As per country, the US out did everyone else.. but as EU, it means both EU nations and EU institutions.. they outperform the US...

bigpicture001:
See for yourself

bigpicture001:
That is not the reason... It's because he was impeached in his first tenure because of Threat he made to Ukraine when Ukraine refused to hand him file allegedly detailing financial ND investment corupt practices of the Biden family in Ukraine...

He was impeached because of that threat, just the Senate saved him

bigpicture001:
Browse it from any where u like.. anywhere!!!!!

bigpicture001:
Honestly, u speak like a child..... Do u know the implications of what u just said...?

EU will discontinue the use of starlink as a group.... Taiwan will panic ND stop the purchase of the US military equipments... ND give in to china.. with Taiwan to china.. semiconductor industry is captured by china by 98%....

To b clear, the EU donated more financial aid to Ukraine than the US... Donated humanitarian aid more than the US.... Only military equipment did the Us donate more.. with just over 3billion dollars more... For ur information, the US total aids to Ukraine since start of war is a mere 100b dollars.. not 350bill as lied by trump...

EU will retaliate and keep voting against him isreal at the UN.. remembe two EU nations also HV VETO power at the permanent seat if the UN security council as against just America....

Don't just sit at home ND conclude easily.. America will lose...

maivd:
Stop peddling lies US only gave 69 billion worth of old US weapons to Ukraine. The money stayed in US, the US used the money to produce new weapons while pushing old weapons to Ukraine. Trump was taken to the cleaners yesterday, Macron really washed him in front of Whitehouse press. Trump was looking like sad puppy all thru the press conference

WriterNig:
This is the same hypocrites that some of you here are supporting. Smh

This same US was trying to force the ICC to arrest President Putin even though the civilian casualties in Ukraine for 2 years is not even up to a quarter of the number of Palestinians killed by Israel.

Israel has killed over 35,000 Palestinian citizens, 12,000 of them are children.

While in the 2 years war in Ukraine, 558 civilians have died.

The US killed millions of people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Syria, Vietnam.

The US also threatened to invade & destroy (ICC) The Hague, Netherlands if they ever issue arrest warrants for American war criminals like Obama, Bill Clinton etc

omoadeleye:
Who the hell is Irukera?

If air peace can't compete with the price war then they should leave business,

For other airlines to reduce their airfare below AIRPEACE price, that means AIRPEACE can do better with their price too


Nigerians are known for tagging abnormal prices on their good and service

Eunoiaa:
So you want to get married, and you will not be financially buoyant? Is that what you're saying? If you cannot comfortably take care of your own daily needs and feeding and all, you will get married? In today's world? Nah, if you think that's realistic in any way, godspeed to you then.

There's nothing uncommon about what I'm saying or that's outrageous- everybody should be a responsible adult. There's nothing y'all are suggesting that our mothers haven't tried and gone through. Yet we see how their marriages mostly are.



No, you saying a man should provide while a woman nurtures is you selling yourself short rather, because I noticed you're not even saying the man should also support you in nurturing? You want to share in his own 'role', while your own is solely yours? Why work at all, since it's not a woman's place to contribute? Because at what point will your job and deference to your boss outside clash with your wifely duties at home to your husband? Unless you're recommending being a supermom who can balance all these together.



My baby, this outcome is the result of "supporting him while you do yours." Don't you see the correlation? You either chip in or don't chip in at all. And if you want to chip in, make it significant so you can know that you did something. It is not the 'separation of gender roles' that'll make a man not demand provision of you 'till the last straw, it is because he is an inconsiderate person and can equally demand the last of your emotional labour until the last straw. I'm not coming from a career/independent/providing vs. homemaker/stay-at-home/non-providing place. Dropping money down can never match school runs; diaper runs; schoolkids' runs; house runs; domestic and extended family runs, and sex runs. Is it presenting yourself as a nurturer, too, that they won't exploit? If all those runs are solely for you to do, then why do you still want to chip in and support him? It's like you want to be seen as being both independent and traditional, when you can just stick to one thing you want to be. Be both homely and providing, or outsource to a nanny and enjoy your lives as a couple, or one's duties doesn't cross into the other's at all.



This is another point. The 22-year-olds are not doting nurturers to these men. They leave their virtuous, 'non-equal' homemaker wives too to run after businesswomen. So, again, it is not doing or doing gender roles that'll stop men from doing or demanding whatever they want. Thinking it's only 'independent' women they leave alone at home is just a coping thought lol.



Again, semantics. Supporting him in providing is not co-providing?



But they also ask a 'nurturing woman' what she has contributed to a man's life, if he wants to divorce her later on after years of marriage. And they also blame a nurturing woman for turning the minds of the children away from an emotionally absent father.

It IS having things in your name, having a paper trail of major financial contributions to the home that ensures that one is not kicked out and left with no properties in the end should a man decide he wants divorce, at least.

On the sex part. See the woman has the right to claim that just as the man has the right to calm money. Sex is different in marriage, it becomes more of a responsibility so if she sees it as a big deal, let her be. There's no need for anyone to sound politically correct about it.

Let's bring it to the street...

You dey fvck person, you no take care of the body you dey fvck, who does that? Even the usual sex worker gets down under a roof with fan/AC and good bed after eating and drinking. Shey na married woman supposed dey knack on empty stomach? Abegii !
If the lady takes sex off the table because her husband does not provide she's within her right same way a man can quit providing if the wife is not performing her duties. It's what they both offer.

No wahala. As to this one, I believe the men have come and will come up with perfect arrangements for that.


Someone up there said the man should only provide when he needs sex. I mean, sex lasts for a few minutes, an hour at most. So maybe they'll come up with a measurement rooster for how much provision will get a period of sex.

And saying this is what a particular couple choose to do is quite different from saying this is what all couples ought to do as "man and woman", else their marriage is a waiting disaster.

That's my own grouse. It is not a one-size-fits-all thing.