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mikestew 1 hours ago [-]
I’ve never been much of a country music fan, but I’ve always been a Dolly fan. Great songwriter, philanthropist, and seemed like a genuinely nice person. RIP, Dolly, you were one of the greats.
jihadjihad 1 hours ago [-]
Her vocals were exceptional, too. One of my favorite videos I've randomly come across on YouTube is "Jolene" slowed down to 33 RPM [0]. The comments are hilarious as well, but the clarity of her vocals and the vibrato that carries through to a slower tempo is really something special to hear.
She's one of those crossover performers, such as Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift who escape Country music as a genre and get mass appeal. Whenever I comment about a Dolly Parton song playing in a public place I hear things like "She's a national treasure!"
kevin_thibedeau 8 minutes ago [-]
Rogers crossed over into country.
jimmySixDOF 20 minutes ago [-]
Her cover of Stairway to Heaven is definitely crossover at its best
tombert 3 minutes ago [-]
Same.
I don't really like country music, but Dolly always seemed somewhat down-to-earth and pretty decent.
Does a great job interviewing Dolly and discussing with her (and those two are around her) who she is, her life events, her thoughts on life. I knew people loved Dolly Parton before I listened but didn't really know why and the podcast helped me understand a bit more of it. It features a LOT of one-on-one time with Dolly in a way that I don't often find docu-series do. It's fantastic!
jimt1234 35 minutes ago [-]
One minor fact about Dolly I've always found fascinating is that she was married to the same dude for almost 60 years, until he passed away recently. I mean, being as famous as she was as an entertainer - that just seems like an extreme anomaly.
kranke155 30 minutes ago [-]
Paul Newman I think. Same.
tclancy 29 minutes ago [-]
Yeah and just like Dolly, someone we need more of.
wging 23 minutes ago [-]
Her husband was Carl Dean.
Aboutplants 1 hours ago [-]
“Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has gifted over 318 million free books to children worldwide since its inception”
Amazing contributions to many aspects of life
duck 49 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, it is such an amazing program that was just executed in the right way. She didn't see it hit the billion books like she wanted to in her lifetime, but I'm sure they will get there. I would love to know other examples of philanthropy like that are similar in impact?
Daughter loves getting these in the mail, and this paragraph is absolutely right!
>> That year, Parton explained that as well as improving child literacy, “it’s the fact they get recognised. They get this little book with their little name on it in the mail, and they feel special. They start taking pride in themselves, and they know that somebody out there is thinking of [them].”
haney 54 minutes ago [-]
As a kid growing up in Tennessee I was the beneficiary of several of her reading programs. They really helped to foster a sense of curiosity and wonder that live with me to this day. Dolly was a real one, she'll definitely be missed.
gip 25 minutes ago [-]
My toddler gets a book a month in the mail from Dolly's Imagination Library and we keep reading some almost every day. She's made an impact in so many families <3
arjie 2 minutes ago [-]
In an odd coincidence, Jolene by Dolly Parton played on YouTube Music as I drove home with my daughter. When we got home, my wife told me Dolly Parton had died. I don't listen to much of her though I'm fond of this song, and we get the Imagination Library books. Seems like she was good person, and a great singer and songwriter.
delichon 50 minutes ago [-]
I put her in my pantheon with Johnny Cash. Turns out Cash introduced her on her Grand Ole Opry debut in 1959, when she was 13. She killed it. Parton said later she was best friends with Johnny and June.
I don't think I've ever seen the interwebs talking about one thing as much as right now.
shadowgovt 27 minutes ago [-]
When Michael Jackson died, reaction online was so sudden it made Google search backend stumble... They didn't have a solution to auto-hotspot-protect half the planet searching his name suddenly.
I'll be interested to see if the mitigations hold today.
curuinor 1 hours ago [-]
I am from the wrong continent to be inculcated in country music from an early age, but I read books distributed from her program every week to the niece. So that's probably her more durable contribution to society, I think.
autoexec 1 hours ago [-]
Something tells me that the songs and films will outlast the books program, but hopefully it's making a difference in the lives of kids. There's no telling how far reaching that can end up being.
gkoberger 42 minutes ago [-]
Well, as long as the songs and films continue to make her estate money, I imagine she planned to continue sending out books.
cheeze 57 minutes ago [-]
On the flipside, how many individual lives have been changed by the books provided to families for free? Impossible to quantify but I'd argue extremely important.
genericone 1 hours ago [-]
I immediately thought you must be a supporter of Effective Altruism. Like, she wrote 5000 songs, and released nearly 1000 of them herself with many top songs spanning decades and will continue to be listened to for decades more, but her most durable contribution is spending her money giving books to kids. Not trying to do a hot take, but if this is what most people think, then the most important thing to do in life is become rich and then focus on building your image thereafter.
curuinor 43 minutes ago [-]
You cannot separate that ideology (like any ideology) from the practitioners, and the biggest practitioner was unquestionably Sam Bankman-Fried. I'm not a fan.
buellerbueller 41 minutes ago [-]
Ridiculous, because EA says the ends justify the means, whereas Ms. Parton demonstrated the importance of the ends and the means.
The public will not mourn any EA the way that Dolly is being mourned.
It is your silly assertion that is what is entirely fucked up about techbros and politics today.
jrflowers 30 minutes ago [-]
Lmao “You like nice things happening. You must be a fan of my weird techbro scam cult, that invented doing nice things”
onlypassingthru 23 minutes ago [-]
The US's only secular saint. Her memorial service will need to be held in a football stadium to handle the number of people who want to pay their last respects.
chasd00 20 minutes ago [-]
yeah she's a treasure to pretty much everyone.
ahartmetz 7 minutes ago [-]
Feynman was apparently a fan, too. His name for quarks was "partons".
She just played the dumb showbiz blonde, or as she said "it takes a lot of money to look this cheap". Others in this discussion have more to say about this, but - she was obviously a super nice and thoughtful person.
My mother was a die hard Dolly fan. We even visited Dollywood when I was a kid. One of her favorite movies was with Dolly and Sylvester Stallone called Rhinestone. She watched it repeatedly, and there are quotes from it that are taking up precious space in the ol' memory banks.
If you've never heard the 45 of Jolene played at 33, give it a listen.
cscharenberg 15 minutes ago [-]
Rhinestone! I just watched for first time the other day. I had made my partner watch Rocky to see a different side of Stallone, and she is a huge Dolly Parton fan.
Rhinestone was hilarious and great to watch just because Stallone and Parton were having _so much fun_ together. No sense of sexual attraction, just having a damn great time having fun. Could not help but enjoy that, separate from it genuinely being a fun movie.
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steveBK123 1 hours ago [-]
She made money doing what she loved, and gave a huge amount of it away to help others. Can't ask for better than that, she will be missed.
blueshoe 21 minutes ago [-]
The more & More I learned about her over the years, It felt like she just never seamed to give into the system and always found a way to keep give back to the world that corrupts so many.
CGMthrowaway 12 minutes ago [-]
Shameless plug for the Dolly Parton Book Club, for which you can register your child (even not yet born) and they will send them a free age-appropriate book every month until they turn 5. https://imaginationlibrary.com/
cjboco 1 hours ago [-]
What an amazing woman and person in general.
I wish other celebrities did as much as her. Her Imagination Library (https://imaginationlibrary.com) is just one example of her giving back to the community.
m463 18 minutes ago [-]
I was in awe of her books for kids program.
Simple, direct philanthropy that helps any/all kids:
We used to play Coat of Many Colors a lot in my house when I was a kid.
My coat of many colors
That my mama made for me
Made only from rags
But I wore it so proudly
Although we had no money
Well, I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My mama made for me
mkhpalm 35 minutes ago [-]
Sierra Ferrell does a pretty good rendition of that. Its actually nice to know that Dolly got to hear/see/meet Sierra.. One of a few who might be able to haul a chunk of Dolly's influence forward.
zabzonk 14 minutes ago [-]
> Sierra Ferrell does a pretty good rendition of that.
Emmylou Harris does a great one also.
charlieflowers 8 minutes ago [-]
I still remember how hard I was struck by the scene in The Orville, where someone from another planet hears a Dolly Parton song playing and asks who it is. He goes on to say, "She speaks with the might of a hundred soldiers!"
She did. She is one of our species' great poets.
divbzero 16 minutes ago [-]
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has been gifting free books to kids from birth to age 5 for over three decades: https://imaginationlibrary.com/
losvedir 50 minutes ago [-]
RIP. We went to Dollywood last year and I highly recommend it! It was a fun, family-friendly park, and one of the things I was impressed by was how helpful and happy to be there all the workers were. Seemed like a bunch of friendly veterans who took our tickets and let us in.
baggachipz 20 minutes ago [-]
And it's so clean! Makes The Magic Kingdom look like a toxic waste dump. Also has great rides. Can't recommend Dollywood enough.
End of an era. She was a very active philanthropist and will be dearly missed for all the good she brought to the world.
kpmcc 11 minutes ago [-]
If anyone wants to listen to an underrated Dolly track, my rec is Silver Dagger.
otter-in-a-suit 1 hours ago [-]
Very sad to hear. Rest in peace.
I was at Dollywood a few weeks ago. I highly recommend a visit if you ever get the chance. She has a fantastic legacy in more ways than one.
sleet_spotter 1 hours ago [-]
If you are curious to know more about Dolly, I wholeheartedly recommend the podcast series “Dolly Parton’s America”. One of the best podcast series I’ve listened to and gave me so much respect for Dolly. The world is a little dimmer without her in it!
alsetmusic 17 minutes ago [-]
I found this remix music video strangely hypnotic when I happened across it.
My wife is at an eye appointment. I have no idea what to expect when she gets home. After Dolly's super bowl performance my wife (and her mother) were crying at just the thought of her passing away.
spicymaki 15 minutes ago [-]
We need more celebrities to step up like Dolly. You will be missed.
jimt1234 9 minutes ago [-]
I remember in the early-80s, maybe 5th grade, being taught fractions, specifically the "Dolly Parton fraction", where the numerator is larger than the denominator. I've got a feeling they don't teach that anymore.
DiBop 1 hours ago [-]
Wow. I knew she was close but still. She has always held her in a special place in my heart as I am sure so many else do. I hope there is a national day of mourning. And parades. She would've like parades
InsideOutSanta 44 minutes ago [-]
She always seemed so full of life, it's difficult to believe she's gone.
dayyan 1 hours ago [-]
Amazing human who popularized the amazing Country Music.
Listening to Country Music radio all day as respects.
kzrdude 49 minutes ago [-]
I guess this is why English Wikipedia was down. It's back up now.
Bluestein 45 minutes ago [-]
You know how, sometimes, you downright think "that is impossible", with certain people. And then, of course, you realize ...
This.-
rglover 17 minutes ago [-]
RIP. One of the last real ones.
Mwntalhwalth 43 minutes ago [-]
My daughter loves Dolly from her books and I love reading to her. What a win win, RIP Dolly you are a class act.
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sikozu 30 minutes ago [-]
Heartbreaking. Rest in peace Dolly.
GeekyBear 35 minutes ago [-]
She was such an impressively kind person.
Jaauthor 53 minutes ago [-]
I will be crying 9-5 today.
stego-tech 1 hours ago [-]
Dolly was one of the unequivocal good ones. Damn girl, RIP.
DiBop 1 hours ago [-]
One of THE best humans to have ever graced this planet. I've never heard a single negative thing about her. I wish I believed in heaven.
jjtheblunt 1 hours ago [-]
in some sense, the collection of innumerable entirely positive memories effect one aspect of heaven for her, i believe.
jolt42 53 minutes ago [-]
In regard to heaven, you don't need to believe for her - she believed.
odyssey7 1 hours ago [-]
Sad news - she was a treasure.
CalChris 1 hours ago [-]
I saw Dolly at Hardly Strictly in 2005. She was great.
baba_vanga 51 minutes ago [-]
RIP Dolly, she was a good one.
swozey 17 minutes ago [-]
She was, I believe, the largest or one of the largest private donors to the moderna covid vaccine
She did so much for children's literacy, underserved children have benefited from her reading program. I support her book club because it makes humans smarter. The world really lost a great spirit.
lenerdenator 1 hours ago [-]
I knew she had been sick recently but always assumed she'd bounce back.
We're worse off.
paulpauper 59 minutes ago [-]
some people are really sick but it's not evident because they keep it concealed
lanstin 14 minutes ago [-]
Also when you are 80 something can go from a bit of a cold to deadly dangerous real quick.
Kye 1 hours ago [-]
Dolly Parton seemed nice on that episode of The Orville.
brcmthrowaway 13 minutes ago [-]
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gigatexal 1 hours ago [-]
very, very sad. she was such a good person in this age of trump especially in the country music scene
kstrauser 36 minutes ago [-]
Even if, say, hypothetically, that I agreed with you, we don't need to bring up that name in association with this perfect angel of a lady on this sad day.
Let's just say that she's a wonderful person and an excellent example and leave it at that.
DonHopkins 6 minutes ago [-]
Just bracing for how Trump is going to make her death about himself.
0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA
I don't really like country music, but Dolly always seemed somewhat down-to-earth and pretty decent.
Does a great job interviewing Dolly and discussing with her (and those two are around her) who she is, her life events, her thoughts on life. I knew people loved Dolly Parton before I listened but didn't really know why and the podcast helped me understand a bit more of it. It features a LOT of one-on-one time with Dolly in a way that I don't often find docu-series do. It's fantastic!
Amazing contributions to many aspects of life
[1] https://imaginationlibrary.com/ [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/01/589912466/dolly-p...
>> That year, Parton explained that as well as improving child literacy, “it’s the fact they get recognised. They get this little book with their little name on it in the mail, and they feel special. They start taking pride in themselves, and they know that somebody out there is thinking of [them].”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfyzJW-BA4
I don't think I've ever seen the interwebs talking about one thing as much as right now.
I'll be interested to see if the mitigations hold today.
The public will not mourn any EA the way that Dolly is being mourned.
It is your silly assertion that is what is entirely fucked up about techbros and politics today.
Here's my favorite track of hers, Todd Terje mix of "Jolene": https://youtu.be/Xkl36pu8aLY
If you've never heard the 45 of Jolene played at 33, give it a listen.
Rhinestone was hilarious and great to watch just because Stallone and Parton were having _so much fun_ together. No sense of sexual attraction, just having a damn great time having fun. Could not help but enjoy that, separate from it genuinely being a fun movie.
I wish other celebrities did as much as her. Her Imagination Library (https://imaginationlibrary.com) is just one example of her giving back to the community.
Simple, direct philanthropy that helps any/all kids:
https://imaginationlibrary.com/
My coat of many colors
That my mama made for me
Made only from rags
But I wore it so proudly
Although we had no money
Well, I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My mama made for me
Emmylou Harris does a great one also.
She did. She is one of our species' great poets.
I was at Dollywood a few weeks ago. I highly recommend a visit if you ever get the chance. She has a fantastic legacy in more ways than one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExeQM08TwbE
Long As I Can See The Light: https://youtu.be/tMgyIUvz9ak?si=zZq0yHRHmGl7LsFB
R.I.P. Dolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPdwWzTTi8
This.-
Here is her families statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9govup-IG3c
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/0...
We're worse off.
Let's just say that she's a wonderful person and an excellent example and leave it at that.