Dolly Parton, 1946-2026
“I will always love you …” If you have been alive in America at any point in the last half-century, you have heard those words in one of two voices — Dolly Parton’s original, a spare country farewell written as a professional goodbye, or Whitney Houston’s cover. Both belong to the same woman: the songwriter from a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains who refused to surrender half the publishing even to Elvis Presley, kept the copyright in her pocket, and watched it become one of the best-selling singles of all time.Parton, who died Aug. 25 at the age of 80, was the rare American celebrity who seemed to be loved by everybody.
- ▪“I will always love you …” If you have been alive in America at any point in the last half-century, you have heard those words in one of two voices — Dolly Parton’s original, a spare country farewell written as a professional goodbye, or Wh
- ▪Both belong to the same woman: the songwriter from a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains who refused to surrender half the publishing even to Elvis Presley, kept the copyright in her pocket, and watched it become one of the best-sel
- ▪25 at the age of 80, was the rare American celebrity who seemed to be loved by everybody.
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| Original publisher | Washington Examiner |
| Canonical URL | https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4702906/obituary-dolly-parton-1946-2026-glamour-grit-counted-her-blessings-not-money/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:05:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-28T21:35:04.443Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-28T21:35:04.443Z |
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“I will always love you …” If you have been alive in America at any point in the last half-century, you have heard those words in one of two voices — Dolly Parton’s original, a spare country farewell written as a professional goodbye, or Whitney Houston’s cover. Both belong to the same woman: the songwriter from a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains who refused to surrender half the publishing even to Elvis Presley, kept the copyright in her pocket, and watched it become one of the best-selling singles of all time.Parton, who died Aug. 25 at the age of 80, was the rare American celebrity who seemed to be loved by everybody. Country purists claimed her. Pop audiences loved her. Hollywood fawned over her.
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