Richard Speight, Jr.

When not busy with (your favorite charity), I'm hanging with (your fave sexy celeb) doing a little (your favorite hobby). OMG! You and I have so much in common!

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

.@dicksp8jr carried a video camera throughout the #BandOfBrothers shoot.
Until now, the fabled #SpeightTapes had been seen only by a favoured few.
Rich's video diary is now a part of "Band of Brothers: Legacy", a new documentary from @hbomax, marking the series' 25th year.

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

.@dicksp8jr, by @qabriels.
As featured in our fandom creator spotlight, for Rich's birthday today:
https://t.co/PHU5JwrOb2

[Jason Manns @jasonmanns]

In case you didn’t know… I have a Kickstarter running for a brand new original album and I made a little video about it today. Spread it around if you can!! https://t.co/tYv1a4neZL

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

.@dicksp8jr has always been so fiercely supportive of Beth & I's creative endeavors.
But for his birthday this year, we're taking a backseat, and spotlighting some fandom creatives that we enjoy: https://t.co/uDqQqblqE3
📷 @heyitskayla

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

Happy birthday to a favourite @cw_spn alum ~ "A" Camera operator and cinematographer #BradCreasser.
Revisit Brad's first @SPNthenandnow appearance at the link:
https://t.co/EseAQaabhC

[Snoopy @snoopyb047]

For Dolly. 🦋

[Fly Nashville @Fly_Nashville]

Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport® (BNA®), announced their intent to name BNA in honor of Dolly Parton.

Read more here: https://t.co/x1DLDKrNNC

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

Photo is, of course, by our favourite @EXIT_IN in-house photographer, the incomparable @jenperryphotos.

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Dolly Parton is dead, and the church never knew what to do with her.

Half my feed is posting rhinestones today. The other half never trusted her, because she would not wear the uniform.

She never preached a sermon.

She just did the works.

One man. Fifty-eight years. In an industry that eats marriages. No scandal reel, no reality show, no trading up. Just Carl, and a promise kept until death did them part.

She could have built towers in Nashville. Instead she built in the mountains she came from, so the people she came from could work.

Two hundred million books. Given away to children, free, no strings, while the rest of us argued about what to read.

A million dollars for a vaccine in the middle of a plague, and she called it what it was: helping.

She was a feminist who never used the word, a superstar who never left home, and a believer who never made you watch her pray.

"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." James 2:18.

We spent years asking whether she was one of ours.

She never asked whether we were one of hers. She was too busy feeding children.

I do not know her heart. That was never my job. I know her works, because the whole county she came from lives on them.

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Matthew 7:20.

You want to honor her today? Put down the tribute post. Put a book in a kid's hands. Stay married. Do the works.

That was the whole sermon. She just never said it out loud.

[卄𝐎ù𝔰ε 𝐨𝔣 ℙｏє𝐌 _ @P0eMPieDinges]

Wow!!

A Dutch beach artist creates a 20-meter portrait of Dolly Parton in the sand using only a rake. 🥰❤️

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Dolly Parton was the best of us. 

She was an American treasure — a rare embodiment of talent, kindness, and generosity in equal measure. 

We’ll always love you, Dolly.

[Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel]

"A world without Dolly feels empty. Maybe the Smoky Mountains should now have their own giant Rushmore-like carving of their own daughter, Dolly – the little girl who grew up to become the Queen of America." - pg

https://t.co/nU7ltjo0zW

Photo via Wiki Commons.

[🪷 Liz Madsen 🦕🦖🪷🌵🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Paleonut_]

What a whirlwind of a night! Thanks for a fantastic show!
#DickJrAndTheVolunteers @MercuryLoungeNY
@dicksp8jr @Billy_Moran @jasonmanns @Mark_Sheppard

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

Losing them both in such a short time is almost too much for this country-loving drama queen to bear.
Blessed to have experienced these icons live on stage.
I will miss them forever 💔

[Michael Bublé @MichaelBuble]

Dolly once wrote me a letter asking if I’d listen to a song she’d written and consider singing it with her. The truth is, I didn’t even listen before I said yes. When Dolly Parton asks, you say yes.

When God made Dolly, He broke the mold.

This one really hurts. 💔

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Marshall Mathers @Eminem]

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

[Richard Speight, Jr. @dicksp8jr]

It’s true. This is happening.

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

Hey, @CreationEnt New Jersey attendees! @dicksp8jr is hosting an intimate cocktail event on Friday evening, before the karaoke party.
Sound like a good time?
Then grab a (very limited) ticket at the link:
https://t.co/1tlRRpRB2C

[RSJrFanWorld @rsjrfanworld]

Headsup: There are a couple of changes to @dicksp8jr's #SPNCharlotte rota next month.
The @KingsOfCon-versation event scheduled for Friday is cancelled, and @mattcohen4real will now host the Thursday bus tour!