Dolly Parton has passed away @ 80

[Coach]

Sad news.

[Ernie]

One of the kindest inspiring artists ever. Seemed determined to make the world a better place.

[markiver54]

We lost a true Icon today.
Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80. RIP Dolly.

[daytime dave]

One of the kindest inspiring artists ever. Seemed determined to make the world a better place.

I think she did that, with her music and her deeds.

[JEBar]

she was truly a classic in so many ways .... I don't believe we will see another on her scale

[Hatchdog]

One of the kindest inspiring artists ever. Seemed determined to make the world a better place.

And succeeded for sure!

RIP Dolly.

I heard today her nephew said that she wanted to be laid to rest on a bed of cotton. She didn’t want to live in eternity wearing hard rhinestones. She deserves this.

[fortyshooter]

Yes that was shock to me when I heard it on the news today. Another great one gone!

[brm4450]

Went to the barber shop this afternoon and everyone was commenting about the death of Dolly Parton, they all had nothing but good things to say about her, RIP Dolly!

[cooperhawk]

She never got political and the one time that Jane Fonda pulled her in she was very unhappy about it and distanced herself from it.
She was humble, friendly, very pretty, very talented, a wonderful person and married to the same man for decades with no children.
The news tonight said she had donated around half a billion dollars in her life time.

[JVogler]

RIP Dolly ,I always thought she was a good person, according to everything I read today I was wrong and she was a great , generous, wonderful person . Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her , may her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace amen.

[cooperhawk]

Ironically her Husband and best friend died last year and she suddenly had a fatal cancer.

For those of you on Facebook. here is 15 minutes of her best with Johnny Carson.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1054503816944968

[The Wiz]

" She's a cool chick " said my 15 yr old son after watching her in 9 to 5. Out of mouth of babes....

[RanchRoper]

An American original.

RIP.

[Mags]

Apparently she's very popular in Britain, too. Starts with just audio, but the video kicks in about 5:25.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk7xndzHU8o

[CT_Shooter]

It's a lot different now, and I actually like much of it, but I didn't really like Country Music as it existed in the mid 20th century, so I never appreciated Dolly Parton as a performer (accept, maybe, for her exceptional physical presence) until she starred in the film Nine to Five. The "sparkle" that people talk about today was evident then in her acting and that's when I first noticed her and finally listened to and appreciated her song writing and musical performance. Just amazing.

She did a few other films that demonstrated her talent for performance, but it's her talent for song writing that now is most exceptional to me.

I Will Always Love You is so perfectly composed and such an anthem to romantic, personal devotion and loyalty as to stand out among the other many thousands she's written and recorded.

Because of her films and later her music, I've since learned about her childhood, her marriage, her musical influences, her businesses, her philanthropy, and her human character. By any standard, nobody has done it better.

I don't believe in heaven (though I wish I could), but if it exists and if there's a checklist for admission, Dolly Parton checks all of them; and while no one can actually know another person's mind, heart, and soul, from where I stand she was pretty much perfect. Heaven should approve.

[markiver54]

Very well put CT.

[DsGrouse]

Dolly's passing was a harsh blow. We'd been planning a trip to Dolly Wood at the end of Sept. May she rest in peace. She was one of the finest entertainers to ever walk this earth.

Tens of millions of kids learned to love reading because of her foundation; tens of millions graduated high school from her hometown region. She single-handedly cut the dropout rate from nearly 40% to less than 6% in one year.

Then the next day, Tim Curry passed, another great character performer with wit and charm to spare.

Finally, Peter Cullen, a long-running voice actor who raised generations of kids on the virtues of honesty, courage, and dedication.

They will all be missed.