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Between Netflix shows and podcast series’ dedicated to her, Dolly Parton’s been having something of a renaissance of late, as a whole new generation realises the larger-than-life Tennessee singer’s legacy is more than meets the eye.
Dubbed ‘Saint Dolly’ in the South, her literacy program is, in some schools and some states, the only access kids have to new books.
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Shawn Miller/Library of Congress
She doesn’t have a bad word to say about anyone – yes even when goaded about the current President.
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Dolly hosts the CMAs 2019 via popsugar.com.au
And frankly she was the OG of the season’s big sleeves. Which is exactly how we’ll be channeling some of that BDE – Big Dolly Energy – this season…
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