Music Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Andres Kudacki

World-famous country singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton is dead, according to a video posted to her social media accounts on Tuesday. She was 80 years old.

The video was posted at 10:54 a.m. and was labeled “a message from the family of Dolly Parton.”

“Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless others who have watched her  longed for her to meet them in the heavens,” Bryan Seaver, Parton’s nephew said in a video posted to Parton’s X.

"Rest in peace, Aunt Dolly. Aunt Granny. Gigi. May God bless Dolly Parton, and may God bless you all. She will always love you," Seaver said. 

Parton was born on January 19, 1946 - the fourth child out of twelve. She grew up in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. She went on to write classic songs like "Jolene," "9 to 5," and "I Will Always Love You.'

She is one of 28 people to achieve EGOT status for receiving at ;east one nominations from all four major annual American entertainment award nominations: Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony. She was also given the U.S. Library of Congress distinguished Living Legend Award in 2004.

She also ran the Dollywood Foundation, which funds the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The Imagination Library gives children a book each month from the day they are born until they reach age 5.