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Country music icon Dolly Parton dead at 80

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Dolly Parton - the rhinestone-loving, self-proclaimed "cheap" country queen who left an indelible mark on country music with hits like "Jolene" and "Coat of Many Colors" - has died. She was 80 years old. Dolly, who raised herself from the backwoods of Tennessee into the hearts of Americans of all social and political stripes, passed "peacefully" Tuesday while surrounded by loved ones, her heartbroken family announced. Exactly what the country crooner died of remains unclear, but she was reportedly admitted on Friday to Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center for autoimmune and kidney problems, TMZ reported. She then passed at her home outside Nashville on Tuesday morning. Her awards - 11 Grammys, an Emmy, and honors from the Kennedy Center and the National Medal of Arts - are footnotes on her sprawling career, one which touched the hearts of people everywhere.