Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80. Tributes have already begun to pour in from those musicians and celebrities who considered the country legend an idol, a mentor, and, in some cases, a collaborator. “So glad she’s with her Carl Dean,” Kacey Musgraves wrote on X. “No one talk to me today.” Jamie Lee Curtis shared a photo of a young Parton with Dean, her late husband, on Instagram, along with the caption “Thank you, Dolly. For all of it.”
Reba McEntire penned a longer note in honor of her longtime peer in the country music machine. It reads, in part, “Thank you, Lord, for Dolly. She’s gonna have a blast in heaven singing all her favorite songs with all her family and friends who have gone on before her. I’ll never forget the first time I met you and I’ll never forget our last conversation. I hold it with love in my heart. I will always love you, Reba.”
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