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Empire State Building lights up pink in tribute to Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton's passing is being mourned around the world. In New York, the country star was honored by lighting up the Empire State Building in pink at exactly 9:25 p.m. Tuesday night.

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The time (actually 9:25 p.m.) is a reference to Parton's smash hit "9 to 5."

Although Dolly Parton is primarily associated with Tennessee, she also had connections to New York and owned an apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in the 1980s. Since her death on Tuesday after a short battle with cancer, she has been paid tribute by the city's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, among others.

"This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable fighter for the working class. We are a better country because of her," he writes on Instagram.

After the news of Parton's death, President Donald Trump also decided that flags would be flown at half-staff throughout the country for a week.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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