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\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a> wrote a poignant tribute to Dolly Parton<\/a>, whose death<\/a> on Tuesday at 80 has left the world mourning the tremendous loss. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone<\/em>, Swift celebrated the country legend\u2019s legacy \u2014 highlighting how Parton\u2019s resilience, kindness, and bravery have taught generations of fans and musicians.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cA world without Dolly doesn\u2019t feel possible, real, or right,\u201d Swift began in her remembrance. \u201cBut because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe continued, \u201cShe was truly the gift that kept on giving. Dolly gave us someone to look up to while encouraging us to be who we are as individuals. Somehow she was able to give us her lessons about the world gently and honestly, simultaneously, and oftentimes hilariously. She managed to give the world the ultimate mystery and fantasy in some corners of her life, but to give full transparency in the ways that counted. Somehow she was true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person. She possessed the softest heart when it came to the struggles of others, and a backbone of steel to defend her own self worth as an artist.\u201d Swift added: \u201cAlong with her other fans, I am so grateful for all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift also paid tribute to Parton\u2019s prolific and breathtaking body of work and her philanthropic efforts across the globe. She wrote that she was thankful for \u201cthe melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest hearts. For the millions of books she provided children all over the world so that they might fall in love with stories the way she did. For the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tShe ended her note with a nod to the future, writing: \u201cDolly, I\u2019ll think of you each step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tJust a month before her death, Parton thanked Swift and Travis Kelce for their donation to her Imagination Library<\/a>, one of the beneficiaries of the $26 million donation the couple announced before their wedding day<\/a>.<\/p>\n