She was an amazingly compassionate woman. You don’t need to be a fan of her music to respect her as a human being. She was a giant. She radiated warmth and kindness, and the world is a little smaller and darker without her in it.
She grew up extremely poor in the mountains of Tennessee, and worked very hard to become a successful country singer. She had a long-running campaign, sending free children’s books to elementary school libraries, and she was helping lead the charge on AIDS research funding and public awareness during the AIDS crisis. Had a famously good lemon pudding recipe.
Fun fact, Dolly the Cloned Sheep was named after her. (Well… named after her boobs, since Dolly was cloned from the mammary cells of her donor). Dolly Parton apparently found that absolutely hilarious.
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She was an amazingly compassionate woman. You don’t need to be a fan of her music to respect her as a human being. She was a giant. She radiated warmth and kindness, and the world is a little smaller and darker without her in it.
She grew up extremely poor in the mountains of Tennessee, and worked very hard to become a successful country singer. She had a long-running campaign, sending free children’s books to elementary school libraries, and she was helping lead the charge on AIDS research funding and public awareness during the AIDS crisis. Had a famously good lemon pudding recipe.
Fun fact, Dolly the Cloned Sheep was named after her. (Well… named after her boobs, since Dolly was cloned from the mammary cells of her donor). Dolly Parton apparently found that absolutely hilarious.