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Trump Orders Flags Lowered Half-Staff for Dolly Parton

8/26/2026

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Trump Lowers Flags

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff for a week after star Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25, 2026.
The proclamation required flags at the White House, federal buildings and diplomatic sites abroad to be lowered until sunset on Sept. 1.
Parton's death was announced by nephew Bryan Seaver; she succumbed to cancer, type undisclosed.
Governors in multiple states—including Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia and Oregon—ordered flags half-staff through Sept. 1.

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Trump Lowers Flags

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered flags lowered to half-staff for week after Dolly Parton died on August 25, 2026.
The Empire State Building lit its tower in pink sparkle at 9:25 p.m., referencing Parton’s 1980 hit “9 to 5.”
Governors Spencer Cox and Greg Abbott ordered state flags at half-staff.
Mike Johnson and Marsha Blackburn called Parton an American icon.
Sevierville residents gathered at Parton’s statue, laid flowers and praised her Imagination Library.

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The Empire State Building lit its tower lights in pink sparkle at 9:25 p.m., referencing Dolly Parton’s 1980 hit “9 to 5,” according to Right-leaning reports.
Within this story's sources, this tribute appears mainly in Right-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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Trump Lowers Flags

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff for a week after star Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25, 2026.
The proclamation required flags at the White House, federal buildings and diplomatic sites abroad to be lowered until sunset on Sept. 1.
Parton's death was announced by nephew Bryan Seaver; she succumbed to cancer, type undisclosed.
Governors in multiple states—including Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia and Oregon—ordered flags half-staff through Sept. 1.

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