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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jacob Stolworthy,Ellie Muir,Shahana Yasmin and Rachel Dobkin

Dolly Parton death latest: Country legend’s sister breaks her silence with emotional tribute

The news of Dolly Parton’s death has been met with widespread heartbreak after the country music icon died at 80 following a “brief battle” with cancer.

Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver announced the news of her death Tuesday, saying: “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus.” Her representative later confirmed that she had died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones. According to TMZ, the singer will be buried in the mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, next to her husband Carl Dean, who died last year.

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