 On March 1 , 2011 , the Country Music Association announced that McEntire would be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . McEntire was unable to attend the announcement after her father had slipped into a coma following a stroke . McEntire was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 22 , 2011 , at a Medallion Ceremony that took place at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville , Tennessee . She was inducted by one of her musical idols , Dolly Parton . 
