Dollywood honors Dolly Parton

Remembering Dolly FILE PHOTO: Dolly Parton attends Stella Parton's Red Tent Women's Conference 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown on April 18, 2014, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was laid to rest days after she died from cancer at the age of 80. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images) (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

September 2, 2026 at 5:23 p.m. UTC

By WSBTV.com News Staff

Dollywood is announcing its plans to honor its founder, Dolly Parton.

She died Aug. 25 at her home in Nashville at 80 years old.

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