NEW YORK — Friday is being celebrated as “Dolly Parton Day” by fans connecting Dolly Parton’s hit song “9 to 5” to the date 9/25 (nine-two-five).

Gov. Kathy Hochul marked the occasion by allocating $1 million in funding to support state partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The organization, founded by Parton in 1995, works to inspire kids to read by providing free books.

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal proclaimed Friday “Dolly Parton Appreciation Day” in the city’s busiest borough.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised Parton for her contributions to humanity following her Aug. 25 death from cancer.

“We are a better country because of her,” he said.

The highly anticipated Broadway show “Dolly: A True Original Musical” begins previews on Dec. 7.

Dolly Day in Nashville, Tennessee, honors “Parton’s legacy of kindness, generosity, and music” by asking participants to wear pink, spread good will and party in her honor beginning at 5 p.m. There will be downtown fireworks at 9:25 p.m.

Parton was laid to rest alongside her husband Carl Dean at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville. Dean died in March 2025.

Country stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are donating proceeds of the day from their Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library as part of Nashville’s day or remembrance.

The 1980 film “9 to 5,” starring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, returns to theaters nationwide on Oct. 9 for a weeklong run that will also raise money for Parton’s literacy program.

Parton expressed high hopes for the afterlife in a 2019 podcast.

“As far as what happens after we go on, like I say, I’m no saint so I’m hoping just as a Christian faith person, that we go on to a greater thing,” she said on “Dolly Parton’s America.”

The numerology used to establish Dolly Parton’s holiday is similar to that used by science fiction fans who celebrate Star Wars Day on May 4, or May the Fourth, a pun referencing the movie’s “may the Force be with you” tagline.

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