Dolly Parton, the country music star, songwriter, actor, businesswoman and philanthropist, died Tuesday at 80 after a brief battle with cancer, her publicist, Marcel Pariseau, said. She rose from a two-room log cabin in Sevierville, Tennessee, to international fame through songs including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors" and "I Will Always Love You," while retaining rights to her music and building an estimated $450 million fortune. Her holdings included a 50% stake in Dollywood, a theme park that draws about 4 million visitors annually, along with film, television, cosmetics, pet products and other ventures. Parton sold 100 million albums, wrote about 3,000 songs and had 25 No. 1 songs on Billboard’s country charts, according to figures cited from Forbes, her website and industry data; Forbes also valued her music catalog at about $120 million and listed two Oscar nominations alongside an honorary Oscar for humanitarian work in 2025. Her philanthropy centered on literacy, health and opportunity: The Imagination Library had mailed more than 270 million free books by 2025, while her foundations supported scholarships, hospitals, disaster relief, vaccine and medical research. Several projects, including a Broadway musical, a coffee line, a Dolly avatar show, a biopic and a documentary series, were set to continue after her death.