Dolly Parton\u2019s family has revealed what will happen following the legendary singer\u2019s death\u2014and the plans reflect exactly what the country icon wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a statement from her family, Dolly requested a small, private funeral service attended only by immediate family members<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rather than a large public ceremony, her loved ones are encouraging fans around the world to honor Dolly in their own way by sharing memories and tributes on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The family is also asking fans to consider donating to Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library<\/strong>, the charity she founded that provides free books to children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dolly\u2019s family described her as a global icon whose influence stretched far beyond music, touching lives through her songwriting, acting, philanthropy and generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her nephew Bryan Seaver, who announced her passing, spoke emotionally about the doors Dolly opened for her family and for generations of artists and dreamers around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tributes have continued pouring in since her death, including a special tribute from the Empire State Building, which illuminated the New York skyline in pink at 9:25 p.m.\u2014a touching reference to her legendary song \u201c9 to 5.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dolly may be gone, but the legacy she built will continue to live on through her music, kindness and charitable work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dolly Parton\u2019s family has revealed what will happen following the legendary singer\u2019s death\u2014and the plans reflect exactly what the country icon wanted. According to a statement from her family, Dolly requested a small, private funeral service attended only by immediate family members. Rather than a large public ceremony, her loved ones are encouraging fans around …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18254,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions\/18254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}