Dolly Parton‘s star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame has been changed after vandals defaced it shortly after the beloved musician died.
The star was adorned with flowers and candles left by followers of the late singer, who was awarded a spot on the famend walkway greater than 40 years in the past. However images of the plaque shared on social media this week confirmed it had been vandalized and her title scratched out.
Flowers are laid on Dolly Parton’s star on The Hollywood Stroll of Fame on August 25, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.
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The Hollywood Historic Belief confirmed it was repaired Wednesday.
“The Hollywood Historic Belief and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce are proud to honor the legacy of Dolly Parton with a substitute of her star. The brand new star can be out there for viewing this Friday,” it wrote in a assertion on Instagram.
Repairs to Parton’s star had been deliberate earlier than it was vandalized, the group advised the BBC.
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There are greater than 2,800 stars on the Stroll of Fame, based on its web site, which honours those that have made distinctive contributions to the leisure business.
Parton, identified for hits similar to I Will At all times Love You and 9 to five, died in Nashville, Tennessee, final week on the age of 80 after a quick battle with most cancers.
The kind of most cancers Parton was recognized with has not been disclosed.
She was buried on the Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville on Friday morning and was laid to relaxation alongside her late husband of practically 60 years, Carl Thomas Dean, who died in March 2025 on the age of 82.
On Monday, Parton’s property additionally introduced Dollyfest, a two-day pageant to be held in Nashville and London in 2027.
In response to a press launch, the pageant was initially scheduled to happen in January 2026 — round her eightieth birthday — and was going to characteristic Parton as a performer and host. Now, it’ll function a celebration of her legacy.
Parton wrote a whole lot of songs, together with classics like Jolene and Coat of Many Colours that totalled greater than 100 million worldwide gross sales and a couple of billion on-line streams.
Parton, who plucked bejewelled banjos, guitars and dulcimers along with her lengthy fingernails throughout performances, was a beneficiant philanthropist and profitable businesswoman whose tasks included a theme park within the Smoky Mountain foothills close to her birthplace and Dolly’s Creativeness Library, which offered greater than 330 million free books to youngsters worldwide.
Memorials for the late singer span far past Hollywood, arising throughout the nation and past.
A makeshift memorial honouring Parton was seen exterior her house in Brentwood, Tenn., and a bronze statue of Parton was surrounded by flowers and balloons exterior the Sevier County Courthouse within the late singer’s hometown of Sevierville, Tenn.
The Korean Battle Veterans Memorial Bridge was lit in pink lights to honour Parton on Tuesday evening in Nashville, as was the Empire State Constructing in New York Metropolis.
Within the U.Okay., spectators watched members of the band of the Coldstream Guards and Welsh Guards play a tribute to Parton in the course of the Altering of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London.
Miley Cyrus, Parton’s goddaughter, took to Instagram to pay tribute to the late nation singer, writing, “The sensation of dropping my Aunt Dolly is past what feels proper to share. Our most sacred moments had been non-public and so they’ll keep there behind the stage, beneath the glamour & between our hearts.”
Cyrus obtained a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in Could.
— with recordsdata from International Information’ Katie Scott
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