Dollywood President Mourns 'Dreamer in Chief' Dolly Parton After Her Death

Dollywood is mourning the death of its founder, country superstar Dolly Parton. “This is a really heavy day for all of us here at Dollywood Parks & Resorts,” president Eugene Naughton said in a video tribute shared via the park’s official Instagram account Wednesday, August 26. “We’ve been dealing with the news of our ‘Dreamer in Chief’ passing.” Us confirmed on Tuesday, August 25, that Parton died after a brief battle with an undisclosed form of cancer. She was 80. The country icon famously launched her own amusement park in her native Tennessee in 1986. Dollywood has...

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