Let her fly! Petition to rename Nashville airport after Dolly Parton gains traction after country icons death
Now departon from Nashville!Dolly Parton lovers are demanding Nashville International Airport be renamed after the country music queen following her death — with a year-old petition gaining thousands of signatures in mere hours as the likes of Sheryl Crow threw their weight behind it.The Change.org petition — “Rename Nashville International Airport to Dolly Parton International Airport” — blasted past 100,000 signatures Wednesday, gaining more than 50,000 in the day since the Tennessee native died at 80 on Tuesday.“On August 25, the world lost an angel,” an update to the petition read.“It’s difficult to imagine a world without our Dreamer-In-Chief.
How are we going to be okay without her magic to keep us safe? How can we shine without her light?”“Since her passing, tens of thousands of additional supporters have visited and signed this petition,” it added.“The outpouring of support has reinvigorated our mission.”Parton was born east of Knoxville but became a music superstar in Nashville and lived there for much of her life, with the petition evoking her deep Tennessee roots when it was started in Jan.
2025.It sat at around 53,000 signatures before her death, garnering only a few thousand new signatures over the year and a half since it was created.But those signatures doubled in the hours after Parton’s family announced her passing from a brief cancer battle, with dozens of names being added by the second.And big names were soon giving it big attention — fellow country star Sheryl Crow endorsed the movement while talking about the late idol during an appearance on Katie Couric’s Instagram livestream Tuesday.“People are talking about trying to get the Nashville airport … changed to the Dolly Parton International Airport,” Crow said.“I’m like, ‘Yes! I think we should.'”Tennessee state Rep.
Todd Warner also said he’d support the measure, vowing in a response on the petition to propose a bill requesting the change.“...