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

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

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 257 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

RIP, the world will be less without you but forever more for having had you.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 weeks ago

"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.

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[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 231 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Damnit! Wrong 80 year old! Try again!

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 65 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Not every 80YO has access to experimental medications and the nation's Treasury.

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[–] raze2012@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

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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[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Hey, Death? Do you think you might need some glasses?

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 114 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn not Ms Dolly. RIP to one of the few good famous people out there. Iconic and beloved by everyone.

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[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

If we had a normal world, we'd be having a National day of mourning here in the US.

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[–] hum4nchick3n@lemmy.zip 108 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Donald Trump is RIGHT FUCKING THERE! How did you miss again, Death?!

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[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 49 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Proof there is no karma

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[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 28 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

Death is not defeat. We're all going to die. The Sun will die, the atoms will die, the laws of physics as we know them will literally disintegrate.

Let's focus on the time we have when we are alive, and make the most of that, without trying to evade death.

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[–] mig@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Karma is, she is truly mourned. Imagine the party that will erupt when that other fucker drops dead.

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[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 86 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

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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[–] Ertain@feddit.online 77 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

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

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 68 points 3 weeks 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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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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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[–] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 73 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Imagination Library, hope this keeps going!

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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

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[–] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"i know this one rich nice lady already paid for all of it but… fuck you"

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

She didn’t pay for it all…. Im not even sure where you got that idea from anyway. She doesn’t pay for the books at all. Her foundation covers the program overhead, but all the funding to actually pay for the books and postage is from smaller local organizations.

https://support.imaginationlibrary.com/article/245-i-was-told-my-local-imagination-library-is-closing-because-of-lack-of-funds-why-doesn-t-dolly-do-something-about-this-or-just-give-them-the-money-they-need-to-keep-this-program-going

The Imagination Library is made possible through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local communities. While Dolly and the Dollywood Foundation cover many overhead costs and administration needs, the local programs secure the funding for the cost of books and postage.

We partner with a local organization/affiliate that covers the book and mailing cost for a specific geographic area. All other administrative expenses (overhead, selection of books, database, publisher negotiations, and fulfillment of the over 2 million books mailed monthly into 5 countries) are covered by Dolly and the Foundation. By having the overhead expenses covered, all of the money raised locally goes straight back into the community and allows more children to receive books each month.

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[–] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 22 points 3 weeks ago

I was intentionally over-exaggerating for the bit of the comedy. The important thing of what I was trying to call attention to was that republican policy is not about fiscal stewardship, it is about abject cruelty.

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[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 67 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

This woman was either a literal saint or had the best PR team the world has ever seen

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[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

In my opinion she's up there with Bob Ross, Steve Irwin and Mr. Rogers.

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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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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[–] HobbitFoot 41 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 66 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Why couldn't someone else who is also 80 not die? Why and not them fuck the universe.

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[–] CalemitousVariantK@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago

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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[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Evil confers longevity, this should be obvious by now.

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[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 46 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit. RIP to an absolute legend.

[–] PissMissile@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I love Dolly also, but Dollywood and Dolly, Inc. was her monetizing herself so that she wouldn't be poor again. She was fiercely determined that the things done in her name were controlled by her... and she unapologetically monetized her name and image.

I can't imagine Dollywood becoming any more commercialized than it already is.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 39 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

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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[–] SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

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!!!!!!)"

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

Damn. Donate to your local Imagination Library, GNU Dolly

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

This one hurts. Bad.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

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!

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (3 children)

An angel has left Earth and returned from whence she came.

A truly good person in a world that desperately needs more.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 20 points 3 weeks ago

Someone who really tried to do good in this world. She will be missed

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Damn.

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