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Taylor Swift mourns Dolly Parton: 'A world without Dolly doesn't feel possible'
Swift called Parton an everlasting influence after the country icon died at 80, and Parton had recently thanked Swift and Travis Kelce for a $2 million donation.
On Tuesday, country music legend Dolly Parton died in Nashville at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer, according to her family's announcement on Instagram.
Swift and Parton shared mutual admiration since meeting at the Grand Ole Opry House in October 2010, with Swift later describing the icon as a "force of evolution and transformation" in the music industry.
Last month, Swift and Travis Kelce donated $2 million to the Imagination Library, a literacy program providing free books to children, which Parton celebrated in a video message thanking the couple.
"A world without Dolly doesn't feel possible, real, or right," Swift said in a statement released late Tuesday, honoring the icon as "truly the gift that kept on giving."
Parton's influence extended beyond music, providing a blueprint for artists like Swift to defend their self-worth while encouraging young girls to pursue dreams through her songwriting and storytelling legacy.