Dolly Parton, the beloved country music star who won hearts across the country and globe for her philanthropic efforts, died in Nashville on Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 80.

“After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” her publicist, Marcel Pariseau, said in a statement Tuesday.

Known for her curvy physique, massive blond wigs and skin-tight outfits that served her wit, Parton was was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond — the rare celebrity whose mass appeal transcended generations, countries.

She wrote hundreds of songs, including classics like Jolene, Coat of Many Colors and I Will Always Love You, that totaled more than 100 million worldwide sales and more than 1 billion online streams. Parton, who plucked bejeweled banjos, guitars and dulcimers with her long fingernails during performances, 

Her career was forever influenced by her upbringing as one of 12 children born into what she called a “dirt poor” Tennessee family. She started a education NGO called Imagination Library, to send free books to children in Tennessee because her father, who quit school to work on the farm, struggled to learn to read.

She will be sorely missed by everyone, especially her country music fans.