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When she turned 80 in January, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared her birthday, Jan. 19, as Dolly Parton Day in the state, calling her "Tennessee's favorite daughter."

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After the musician and philanthropist died at age 80 on Tuesday, people came out in droves to celebrate her life

Welcome back. In the news today: Darline Graham wins the GOP primary runoff to replace her late brother in the U.S. Senate; and the USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand for a brief stop after a lengthy deployment at sea. Also, we remember Dolly Parton. She was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond. Email us your memories of her and we may share some responses later this week.

Her ability to project radical kindness without sounding naïve, and to address moral questions without looking partisan, inspired near-universal adoration at a time when Americans can agree on virtually nothing and no one else. And her strategic ambiguity around both her personal life and her political views allowed everyone from Christian conservatives to New York City gays to claim her as their personal representative.

The story of this country as told through Parton's best-known songs begins in the mid-1960s, when many aspects of the country she knew and loved so well were in flux. Her first charting country single, 1967's "Dumb Blonde," set the tone for her amiable but uncompromising version of women's liberation, distilling the frustration of countless underestimated women in the home and the workplace into an actionable rallying cry.

Dolly Parton spent decades singing about love, heartbreak, faith and working "9 to 5," but there was one arena the country music legend repeatedly resisted entering: partisan politics.

“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact,” the added.

To be attractive as you age — to be sexy, even — isn’t about trying to stay young or acting like you’ve “still got it.” It’s to present yourself in a way that acknowledges you, like everyone, have changed, but that you haven’t given up; you still have plenty of life to live and you care that others know it. Parton was a natural beauty, but she obviously cared and it showed.

On the very far-Left, the Democratic Socialists of America also honored Parton. “Democratic Socialists of America extends our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Dolly Parton, a hero of the working-class and an inspiration to us all,” a post on Instagram said.