Country music icon Dolly Parton died Tuesday at 80, her publicity office, Team Dolly, announced. Parton died at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement.
Her nephew Bryan Seaver shared the news via a video on Parton's official Instagram, a task she had reportedly asked him to handle years prior. Born Jan. 19, 1946, near Sevierville, Tenn., Parton was the fourth of 12 children. Throughout her career, she won 11 Grammy Awards and sold over 100 million records worldwide, establishing her as one of the best-selling music artists in history.
Parton's career spanned music, film, and business. Her hit song "I Will Always Love You," written in 1973, gained international acclaim after Whitney Houston recorded it for the 1992 film "The Bodyguard." Parton also established Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and was known for her philanthropic efforts, including the Imagination Library, a program founded in 1995 that has provided nearly 308 million free books to children in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and Australia.
The New York Post featured Parton on its Aug. 26 cover with the headline "We will always love you," a nod to her signature song. The newspaper is offering the cover as a full print edition or as a keepsake poster. The commemorative covers are printed on archival matte paper and are available in poster or framed formats.