My ex grew up as a dirt poor Appalachian and thus was a huge lover of Dolly especially for her working to help alleviate the poverty and lack of education in the area. The world is worse off without her, but I think we oughta try to bring a little of her with us into the future. She was kind to all and helped anyone who needed it.
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RIP, the world will be less without you but forever more for having had you.
"but forever more for having had you" - those are such beautiful words. And they're very appropriate in describing Dolly. Thank you for sharing that.
Damnit! Wrong 80 year old! Try again!
They tried again and got Tim Curry 🙁
Not every 80YO has access to experimental medications and the nation's Treasury.
TBF Dolly probably could have. Dolly doesn't seem like the kind of person who'd care about that, though. And you have to remember her husband passed less than 2 years ago at 82YO.
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She was a shining example of what a human could be. A life well lived.
Tonight, I raise a glass of red to you, Dolly, and drink it for all of us still here making the best of whatever scraps we got!
I wish the flags would fly at half mast for her instead of white supremacists. In these tough times it's really hard to lose a really good one like Dolly. I'm usually not that affected by celebrity news but this one hurts really bad. RIP Dolly.
They are at half mast.
Yeah, I saw that just after posting. I can't believe that felon did something I can actually agree with.
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Oh no, the world has just gotten a little worse. RIP
This woman was either a literal saint or had the best PR team the world has ever seen
In my opinion she's up there with Bob Ross, Steve Irwin and Mr. Rogers.
LeVar Burton is already on that list for me too, love that he started up Reading Rainbow again as a podcast. It’s the library Dolly wanted, read read out loud
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Lindsay Ellis good a recent video on Nebula analyzing her career in a way that really ends up working well as a post-mortem of Dolly's career. The conclusion is that Dolly Parton was a savvy business woman with good PR and a knack to stay out of politics, but she was also kind and charitable woman who could be the better person despite decades of boob jokes.
Lindsay even uploaded it to YouTube temporarily because she wants people who can't access Nebula to have access to her breakdown on Dolly's cultural context
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Disappointing, but not surprising. Her husband of nearly 60 years died last year. Couples together that long tend not to last too well apart.
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Damn not Ms Dolly. RIP to one of the few good famous people out there. Iconic and beloved by everyone.
If we had a normal world, we'd be having a National day of mourning here in the US.
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Imagination Library, hope this keeps going!
Welp, guess what... I have a baby who receives books from this and got a letter saying due to cuts it has been cancelled for my state. Republicans have ruined everything good
"i know this one rich nice lady already paid for all of it but… fuck you"
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While I'm not a fan of country music, Dolly was a legend.
Her music was never my taste, but she was a legend of a person.
Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund eventually developed the Moderna COVID19 vaccine.
"Vaccine..vaccine...VACIIIIIINE!"
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What a truly powerful and talented musician with an angelic voice and a urge to soul heartedly defend LGBTQ rights.
What a country goddess.
RIP "It should've been Trump!!!!!!! (or Unknown Hinson!!!!!!)"
Why couldn't someone else who is also 80 not die? Why and not them fuck the universe.
In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.
-Herman Melville
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The Dolly Parton youtube rabbit hole is deep and satisfying. Every death before his is tragic, but this is worst than most. Of all the songs that will be sung that day I would've loved to have heard hers.
We were talking about her last night after finding out she produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer
One of my favorite videos of her true icon https://youtu.be/Y3ardckySYY
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This one hurts. Bad.
Holy shit. RIP to an absolute legend.
I love Dolly. Went to Dollywood back in April. I would hate to see her estate picked apart and monetized, but you and I both know where this leads.
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RIP to our Queen 🩷
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