RIP, Dolly Parton…
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What a wonderful person who managed the glitz of Nashville, who would marry a nobody like Carl Dean, and make fame and regular life a reality. And yet, she stayed true to her mountain roots, caring, friendly, an ‘everyone woman’ down to earth as you get. Her business acumen and her charity work will be missed by the world. RIP.
Heard her in a taped interview on Sirius after lunch and the interviewer brought up the success of her very first 2 movies, 1980's movie "9-5" and her follow up in 1982 with "Best Little Whorehouse in TX" and what it felt like to have such successful and contrasting roles. Her reply was "well, I thought I was a better who-re than I was a secretary I can tell you that"
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I have always wondered if Dolly would go incognito in Sevierville without the wigs and sparkles and everything. Feels like the sort of deal where everyone would be "yeah, that's Dolly, and she's wonderful, and we're all going to be cool about it".
she was an absolute legend, and wonderful philanthropist. She was one of one
**I will admit, my first thought:
**I will admit, my first thought:
Does an unguarded, unwigged picture of her exist? If not, that’s just incredible.
Saw Jane Fonda say that Dolly and her and Lilly Tomlin became close doing 9 to 5, but even they never saw her not wigged out in full makeup.
Betty White maybe? And maybe Reba to some extent, in the future.
That's who came to mind for me too. I think we pretty much all love him as an actor and person, but folks seem to ADORE everything about Dolly plus she has really done heavy lifting philanthropically. Hanks may very well have as well, I'm not aware of it.
I don’t think he approaches Dolly status. Pretty good as actors go.
Hanks has turned into a pissy old man that thinks his **** don't stink.
Not in the realm of Dolly but universally loved I’d say he’s right there. Higher than Betty White or Reba.
He gives ALOT of money to veterans groups and fundraises for them.
He a pretty big donor to cancer research as well.
People had crazy conspiracy theories rampant on the book of faces during C*v*d
Retards that live among us. That’s who those people are.
Fred. Betty White. Those two were definitely up there. I can't think of anyone living that would come close to being as universally loved as Dolly is. I hate that she's gone.
Past, easy. Elvis.
Those first two aren’t universally loved like Dolly Parton. There were alot of people who didn’t like Elvis.
Well, Texas has a whorehouse in it! Burt Reynolds and Elvis got more panties wet than the Gulf of America.
She had a gift of giving an honest answer and never being offensive to anyone really. I don't know of anyone else like that. Didn't need a PR coach, she just answered truthfully and thoughtfully and it was all her. She was a real hero in so many ways... and if you can play guitar with nails like those....
She was a national treasure
She was a national treasure
Also wild she sat down one day and wrote Jolene and I Will always Love You....in 1 day.
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