# Dolly Parton Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award

> Dolly Parton accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in a video recorded before her death.
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- Summary: Dolly Parton accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in a video recorded before her death. Dolly Parton posthumously accepted the Americana…
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- Published: 2026-09-17T13:37:48+00:00
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## Dolly Parton Posthumous Award Acceptance
Dolly Parton posthumously accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Honors & Awards 2026 in a video recorded before her death.
## Dolly Parton's Tribute to Roots Music
Dolly Parton said she grew up playing roots music in the Smoky Mountains and that it inspired her 1997 album 'Hungry Again'.
## Dolly Parton's Musical Renaissance
Dolly Parton described her career as a 'musical renaissance' after new fans embraced her albums.
## Emmylou Harris' Tribute
Emmylou Harris praised Dolly Parton as an all-time greatest songwriter who shone on stage and screen.

> There was nothing Dolly couldn't do, and so she did it.
## Dolly Parton's Death and Legacy
Dolly Parton died on August twenty-fifth after a secret battle with cancer at age eighty.
## Tribute Performance
Brandi Carlile and I'm with Her performed Dolly Parton's 'Coat of Many Colors' at the tribute.
## Key takeaway

Dolly Parton posthumously accepted the Americana Honors & Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in a video recorded before her death.