DOLLY

Dolly! Thank you for bringing so much light into this world.

Dolly Parton died on Tuesday, aged 80, peacefully in Nashville. Songwriter, performer, philanthropist — seven decades of it, and a kindness that made the whole world feel like family.

Her family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations go to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library — the program that has put free books into the hands of millions of children. That is who she was.