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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Owen Myers

Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral

Woman on red carpet
Dolly Parton at a Los Angeles event in 2019. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Dolly Parton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Nashville on Friday, her family has confirmed.

The queen of country music, who died aged 80 on 25 August “after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”, was interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum alongside her husband of 60 years, Carl Thomas.

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