(FILES) Kennedy Center Honors recipients (L/R) Zubin Mehta, Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, pose for photos after recieving the award at the State Department during a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Washington, DC on December 2, 2006. Legendary US singer-songwriter and country music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family announced on August 25, 2026. (Photo by LESLIE E. KOSSOFF / AFP via Getty Images)