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[Dope thrills @essa_muse]

Dolly Parton sits down with her parents and five sisters for a Christmas special and the real show starts the second the banter begins.

She cracks jokes, teases the whole clan and within minutes the living room energy takes over pure Appalachian wit, overlapping stories and that unmistakable Parton laugh.

Then the sisters lock into perfect family harmony and the room just lifts

No polished celebrity gloss, just blood, history, and voices that only come from growing up under the same roof.

This is still one of the warmest, most rewatched family moments she ever put on television for a reason.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put 150 million books in the hands of children.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Dolly Parton was asked about avoiding politics: “You’ll find me and my opinions in a lot of my songs. But most of it is based on love, acceptance and lifting people up. My daddy was a Republican, my mama was a Democrat, and I’m a hypocrite!”

[Cody Dorsey @CodyLDorsey]

Dolly Parton presenting Whitney Houston with the 1994 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance for “I Will Always Love You.” Whitney’s version elevated Dolly as a songwriter. Dolly later used some of the royalties to invest in a predominantly Black Nashville neighborhood. RIP.

[Entertainment Weekly @EW]

Dolly Parton turned down an offer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice during the Donald Trump administration. https://t.co/RtB2ipii5h

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

It’s always #HotGirlSummer for my husband, Carl 💝 Happy birthday my love!

[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.

[݁ @vampiresslestat]

his little sad face my baby :(

[𝔎𝔦𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞 @kimandgo]

Dolly had this "no shit, Sherlock" approach to social issues that used to be very ingrained in the country star archetype. like, always admitting she doesn't know everything, but wanting to get it right and not taking any shit at the same time. may we all be so humble

[katie, paper bag princess 🗽 @sheupandrunnoft]

weeping

[mani @pitchtheb4by]

like she was THEEE baddest bitch i’m so hurt rn

[Fiona @FionaSmall]

The letter that kids received at the end of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[Skip Binksy Updates @WAYSTIAR]

in tears thinking about when dolly said "you'll be this old one day!" expecting a laugh but sabrina immediately said "i know, i can't wait! i hope i look like you!" ☹️

[‏ً @fiImfag]

i can’t imagine how miley cyrus must be feeling right now. i know dolly meant the absolute world to her. this clip is making me so emotional 😭

[Rose Dommu @rosedommu]

Forever grateful for this moment she clocked me so hard I love you Dolly

[ٰ @taydesire]

rip dolly you are forever beautiful 💔

[Lyra, Esq., is NOT DAREDEVIL @PinkRangerLB]

Dolly at the pearly gates getting us all into heaven

[໊ @wandasattorney]

IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Dolly Parton has passed away at the age of 80