https://www.apr.org/tags/dolly-parton Dolly Parton en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:31:54 GMT https://www.apr.org/news/2026-08-25/alabama-children-benefited-from-dolly-partons-free-book-program Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80. Children in all sixty seven counties of Alabama were able to get books for free through Parton’s “Imagination Library.” Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:31:54 GMT https://www.apr.org/news/2026-08-25/alabama-children-benefited-from-dolly-partons-free-book-program Pat Duggins, The Associated Press