RIP Dolly
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Olde Hornet
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Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80
Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: "Little Tiny Tasseltop," an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair. Her mother stored it preciously in a shoebox.
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: "Little Tiny Tasseltop," an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair. Her mother stored it preciously in a shoebox.
"I loved that little doll," Parton wrote decades later. "I expressed myself and my feelings through writing - I'm sure what I was thinking was, 'Well, Tasseltop has to have a song about her.'"
Parton never stopped making music after that. The irrepressible country music singer, songwriter and actress whose charisma, heartfelt lyrics and business acumen captured the public's imagination for nearly six decades, died on Tuesday aged 80, her family said in a statement.
No cause of death was disclosed, but her publicist said she died peacefully in Nashville. Days earlier, she told People magazine she was dealing with unspecified health issues but planned to keep working.
"By her example, we believed anything was possible," her nephew, Bryan Seaver, said in a video message. "She never saw a door she couldn't open, and the doors she opened made and changed history."
bernard
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Two legendary white female artists resonated with Black audiences: Teena Marie and Dolly Parton. Both were powerhouse vocalists, singer-songwriters, and guitar players. Teena Marie never received the awards and accolades she deserved. I'm glad Dolly Parton received the awards and accolades she did before she died. Dolly Parton didn't see race; she donated to and helped all races. RIP Dolly Parton.
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Republicans cut funding for Dolly Parton’s child reading program
Founded in 1995, the program has distributed more than 300 million books and serves more than 3 million registered children. “The work ahead has never felt more meaningful, and we will carry it forward as she lifts us all up,” Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library wrote on social media on Tuesday, after the singer’s family announced her death following a brief experience with cancer.
In Indiana, state funding for the program was removed from the budget last year. At the time, the program had more than 125,000 Indiana children enrolled and had previously received a $6 million two-year state allocation under former Governor Eric Holcomb, a Republican. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Braun said Indiana would instead seek private philanthropic funding to keep the program going.