India, Aug. 26 -- Country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her estate confirmed, following what representatives described as a brief battle with cancer that closed out a seven-decade career spanning music, film and philanthropy.

Parton died on Tuesday at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones, according to a statement issued by her estate. The statement praised her for a life spent bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched, and highlighted her decades of charitable work. News of her death was first shared publicly by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, in a video message posted to her Instagram account.

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