31 Funniest Reactions To Dolly Parton’s Death From An Emotionally Unprepared Internet

Dolly Parton was 80 years old, which ordinarily feels like a pretty full life. Somehow, with Dolly, it still feels like we got shortchanged.

News of her death hit the internet especially hard because she was one of the few famous people almost everyone genuinely liked. She wrote timeless songs, gave millions of children free books, helped fund vaccine research, and remained funny and kind through all of it. It was frankly getting suspicious how good she was at everything.

People responded with heartfelt tributes, but this is still the internet, so the sadness quickly became jokes about Jolene, working 9 to 5, Waffle House closing, and Dolly entering heaven with some unfinished business.

Laughing probably isn’t the official final stage of grief, but it should be.

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Nate Armbruster

Nate is a writer and stand-up comedian living in Chicago. He enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.