Celebrities and politicians are offering their condolences following the death of country music superstar Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80.
President Donald Trump wrote on social media that he would be lowering the American flag for one week in honor of Parton, calling her death “a true loss for millions of people.”
There has never been anyone like her, and never will,” Trump wrote.
world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one,” Taylor Swift said in a lengthy statement.
“She was truly the gift that kept on giving. Dolly gave us someone to look up to while encouraging us to be who we are as individuals,” the statement continued. “Somehow she was able to give us her lessons about the world gently and honestly, simultaneously, and oftentimes hilariously. She managed to give the world the ultimate mystery and fantasy in some corners of her life, but to give full transparency in the ways that counted. Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self worth as an artist.”
Swift said she was grateful for Parton’s music and philanthropy and saluted the music legend “For the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too.”
Beyoncé honored the “Queen of Country” in a heartfelt message sharedon her official website.
