Dolly Parton posthumously accepts award in newly shared video recorded before her death

Dolly Parton posthumously accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Honors & Awards, appearing in pre-recorded video clip at the event on Wednesday night (September 12). READ MORE: Dolly Parton, 1946-2026: the Queen of Country was a unifying force in a divided world News of Dolly’s death rocked the music world when it emerged last month. Though she had previously told fans she was dealing with some health issues that she “didn’t pay attention to” while looking after late husband Carl Dean, the public had no idea of her cancer diagnosis, which her sister later explained was because “she did not want people sad”. According to Variety, the audience gathered at the Ryman Auditorium for the Americana Awards gasped when Parton appeared on a large screen to accept the award in what was intended to be in absentia, but would up being posthumous. ”Well, hey, it’s Dolly, and I am so honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association,” she said in the pre-recorded video. “I mean, roots music, or what is now called Americana music, is what I grew up playing back in the Smoky Mountains. It’s that same music that drew me back to East Tennesse...