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Dolly Parton, queen of country music and humanitarian hero, dead at 80 (www.cnn.com)

submitted 3 days ago by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] Ertain@feddit.online 77 points 3 days ago (4 children)

While I'm not a fan of country music, Dolly was a legend.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 68 points 3 days ago (1 child)

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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[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You've got some talent kid!

Ever considered a career in the Country Music scene solely parodying Dolly Parton songs?

There's money to be made there!... Not much, but surely a couple of dollars.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Yeah I don’t like that style of music generally but I freaking love Dolly the person. And I can appreciate that she was very talented.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Same and same, but Jolene was a helluva song.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago*

Her amusement park is also an absolute delight.

When it is closing time a recording of her wishing everyone a good night plays on the pa and it just feels good having her say good night.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I was never a country person either... but Jolene is one of the very few exceptions

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[–] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

FYI, she released an album in 2023 called Rockstar. While it still has strong country influence, it leans more heavily towards rock and pop. Maybe it will be more to your taste. Plus, practically every track features an impressive collaboration.

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[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

Jesus, she did a cover of Let it Be featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo? That's wild, what a life!

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I keep meaning to check out her version of Freebird. There are those who say it rivals the original, and that's not really possible IMO, but I'm willing to hear it out, and always meant to.

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[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 days ago

While her roots are obviously in country music, Dolly literally wrote and collaborated on thousands of songs across several genres.

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