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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think the Grim Reaper's past "Time to go on a PIP" at this point because seriously WHAT THE FUCK 🤬

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And she made the choice to run an org that didn't just give politically safe books. Those books have immigrants, kids who are celebrated for choosing not to be gender conforming, etc. Choices were made

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think one of the major markers of what kind of person she genuinely was is how much of her philanthropy was quiet and under the radar She didn’t do it as PR, she didn’t do it to boost her own brand, she did it because she wanted to do good things

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

You know y’all complain about the kids not knowing how to read, but Dolly was trying to teach them. She was mailing books to the children. She was working on it.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Dollywood Foundation is genuinely life changing for thousands of people, the Imagination Library is a huge achievement, her support of communities after the fires in the Smokey Mountains was incredible, her funding helping to produce the Moderna COVID vaccine cannot be understated.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Obviously Dolly's music on it's own is an almost unwatchable legacy, but i hope everything about her mentions the charitable and social support work that she did. That's arguably an even bigger legacy and shows there is such a thing as a good millionaire.

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Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's gone and I think the Grim Reaper needs to be pulled in for a performance review with HR because WHAT IN THE HELL 😭

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Any argument about people coming to the United States and having *children, born citizens* here who are unfit or unwilling to make “liberal democracy and constitutional government possible” is just straight up gutter racism. That echoes what the Wong Kim Ark dissenters and the Insular Cases said.

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J.J. @jjfromkansas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I think one thing Nuremburg 2.0 should focus on is that there is a responsibility inherent to the value of our First Amendment that means journalists are responsible for reporting on what is or isn't a war crime when an elected official mentions the intent to commit one.

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Kingyak @kingyak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"I guarantee you that private equity funds that own tens of thousands of homes hate this idea. Oh well, I guess they’ll have to sell some homes to actual people. C’est la vie." The Land Dividend: How a Land Value Tax Can Fund a UBI open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...

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The Land Dividend: How a Land Value Tax Can Fund a UBI

Why taxing the value of land is potentially the best tax for universal basic income by making housing cheaper, taxing AI indirectly, and pushing rents down instead of up

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Barbara Dylla 🇨🇦 @walkbikebus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"A basic income guarantee is coming. One day we will wonder how we ever accepted a society without it. How was it that some people were denied the basics for a dignified life, while others were allowed to decimate our finite resources and amass exorbitant personal wealth?" #BasicIncome #BIG #GBI

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COMMENTARY: A generational investment

Basic income guarantee’s moment can arise from the hopeful, democratic will of the community, writes Jane Ledwell

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We saw something similar in the United States. RFK Jr. warned about an autism “epidemic” when really the CDC showed improved recognition was behind the rise in autism diagnoses

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Cole Sanders D’Alleva @princeofeternity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ngl, @sentencebender.bsky.social’s Boys, Beasts & Men is practically this generation’s answer to Deathbird Stories. With tales about religious fanatics, aliens navigating the AIDS crisis, King Kong, and monster child-soldiers, this book is essential for every fantasy/sci-fi nerd. So check it out.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 15/07/2026

Publishers and authors have filed a new lawsuit in the US against Google, alleging that the tech giant has engaged in widespread copyright infringement by using author’s works to train Gemini AI models. 👇

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US publishers file lawsuit against Google for 'training Gemini on copyrighted books'

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

Mainers protrsting outside of Sen Susan Collins’s Biddeford office www.threads.com/@blackgirlin...

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Shay Stewart-Bouley (@blackgirlinmaine) on Threads

Folks are at Susan Collins Biddeford office

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

ICE and/or police murdered someone this morning in Biddeford, Maine. From the statements I’ve seen from local activists, I *think* the victim was a young Black man. You may already know Black immigrants are the largest non-white immigrant demo in Maine. A protest is already under way.

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Witness says Biddeford shooting victim told police ‘I tried to stop’

One resident says he heard the shots and saw as agents pulled the man out of the vehicle.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 13/07/2026

It is clarifying to start from the assumption that people in power do things because they want to do them

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13/07/2026

it has not even been seven days since the last time ICE agents killed someone, then claimed without evidence that the person had "weaponized" their car, and also were not wearing body cameras

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ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford leaves young man dead

The incident happened Monday morning near Pool Street.

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Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This. False equivalency & how easily people seem to fall for it is just endlessly frustrating.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Okay, last thing and then I swear I'm done. To me, this is disgusting. Not because being a ring girl is disgusting. Being a ring girl FOR UFC is disgusting. Go be a ring girl for a federation that doesn't suck fascist nuts. sports.yahoo.com/articles/wan...

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“I wanna walk around that” - Dana White says Sophie Cunningham asked for her UFC ring girl moment on the spot

Cunningham’s appearance at UFC 329 is one of the year’s biggest sports crossovers.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"There's nothing wrong with being masculine." There isn't! There's nothing wrong with the sky being blue either but if you go outside and scream that every day under a bright cerulean sky, you are a weirdo.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If the content isn't being changed, shut up. "Oh, but Lucia--" I said shut up! One, adding additional content isn't the same as changing existing content. Two, satire requires reality as an anchor. Women are a part of the criminal underworld. A HUGE PART!

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Masculine things don't stop being masculine when women show up. Only men who are dangerously insecure in their masculinity think that. If I look over and see a troop of guys at a Megan thee Stallion concert, I'm not going to cry like a little bitch that my femininity is in danger. It is NOT!

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The problem is when women are terrorized for showing up. Hell, hypermasculine men of color are terrorized for showing up and they are the target audience! It has always been okay for men to like masculine things. It is never okay to chase people away by being an aggy weirdo.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Marvel Rivals is popular. Grand Theft Auto is popular. AEW is popular. The Fast and Furious series is popular. Kendrick is popular. Batman is popular. Dodge Chargers are popular. Combat boots are popular. And they all skew masculine. Nobody cares that men like these things!

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

After today, I think I'm going to have to go offline for a bit because I can feel myself slipping into trouble. Are you masculine or are you scaring the hoes?

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 13/07/2026

How did Central Bucks School District go from a Moms for Liberty captured school board majority in 2021 pushing book bans, taking down Pride Flags & censoring teachers to a 9-0 Democratic majority today. @cmychalejko.bsky.social spoke w/ 3 local parents behind the sea change. LISTEN: bit.ly/3QUrIlr

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've submitted my comment. You can too. Even if you're not a scientist; I work in game design, but my market is science literate. This rule would be a disaster. It's a power grab to undermine the few bits of the government that give unfiltered advice to Congress and the Executive Branch.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

a thousand monster / dinosaur / megafauna movies since Jurassic Park have tried and failed to replicate its magic, but the thing Jurassic Park understood is that we aren’t just hooked by the Big Toothy Creature, we’re hooked by the moment a crotchety old grump rediscovers his sense of wonder

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Tara Bennett @tarabennett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Absolutely gutted that the world said goodbye to Sam Neill. What a good person & fantastic actor. I’m grateful that I got to chat with him about his career in 2022. Thoughtful, cheeky & down to earth. He left his mark. RIP www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/sa...

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Sam Neill looks back at some of his best genre roles, from 'Omen III' to 'Jurassic World Dominion'

If you've followed Sam Neill's career or even just his antics on social media, then you know he's quite the Renaissance man. In New Zealand, where he resides, Neill grows grapes for his winery, Two Pa...

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Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Vale Sam Neill 🥹 An actor that used his platform to raise awareness of environmental issues, including single use plastics and climate change. He spent this year fighting a mining project in Otago, NZ. A true role model. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

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Breaking: Actor Sam Neill dies aged 78

New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who starred in My Brilliant Career and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

in a world of Lindsey Grahams, be a Sam Neill

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 23/10/2025

Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially

SAM NEILL

GENERAL JOHN MACARTHUR

If you were to commit a murder,

how would you do it?

It's got to be big! No slipping

something into someones drink, that's just

pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a

stain on the road. There's probably a couple

of people I'd put under a steamroller,

but I won't say who they are, otherwise

when they see a steamroller coming

their way they'll be on full alert. And

steamrollers don't go very fast...

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 13/07/2026

One of my favourite Sam Neill things was the 1998 Merlin miniseries. (Isabella Rossellini as Nimue and the rest of the cast was fire too.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_...

A youngish Sam Neill from the Merlin miniseries together with Isabella Rossellini as Nimue. Both looking very fantasy and very very good.

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Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill was just effortlessly iconic in any role he stepped into. See: “Homer the Vigilante” where Neill voiced the jaunty cat burglar Molloy. youtu.be/6STgwD9y72A?...

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The Simpsons: Homer the Vigilante - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

YouTube video by Fuck you, UMG!

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Looking for an appropriate way to honour Sam Neill? He hated NZ First opening up the country to mine it. Vote them out in November in his honour!

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Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I was obsessed with this version of Ivanhoe as a kid, we recorded the broadcast on VHS & a few years back I found it on DVD. Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert, Templar Knight, was my 1st intro to Sam Neill & WHOO boy did he make an impression.

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Dave Almighty @dave-almighty.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am firm in my belief I will never open the hell portal we hold in our hands in the morning, read a story and think: “not Sam Neill, I thought he was a good one”. Sam Neill is a good one and he will remain so. As will his Ducks.

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REVY @catgirlfingies.quest · 23/06/2026

Just sharing this again at a time of what's happening in Australia. In Event Horizon Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047

Sam Neill in the movie Event Horizon.
Wearing a flag patch that has the Australian flag but thr union jack is removed to have the Aboriginal flag in its place

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

sam neill seemed pretty wonderful and adorable and I loved watching him be kind and odd with animals and if you've never seen reilly ace of spies for god's sake watch reilly ace of spies

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