Shania Twain Mourns Dolly Parton: "My Mentor Is Gone"

Shania Twain paid tribute to Dolly Parton on 25 August 2026, hours after Parton's family announced her death at 80. Twain posted footage of their 2003 duet of "Coat of Many Colors" on The Oprah Winfrey Show, writing "My mentor is gone" and calling Parton her "songwriting teacher and hero of grace and humility," Rolling Stone reported.