{"id":9328,"date":"2026-08-30T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=9328"},"modified":"2026-08-30T12:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:37:13","slug":"opinion-remembering-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=9328","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Remembering Dolly Parton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dolly Parton was brilliant, melodic, and trailblazing. Her lifetime art was to be both spangly and utterly genuine.<\/p>\n

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When Dolly died this week, I thought I could see her bright, wide smile shining down from the sky, with the clouds billowing into her signature blond curls.<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton was lauded and loved. Tributes poured in as they would for a head of state\u2014more, I daresay, than many heads of state. American flags were lowered to half-staff, the top of the Empire State building sparkled in pink, and the royal guards at Buckingham Palace played “9 to 5” in tribute.<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton sold more than 100 million records. She delighted, amused, and moved millions more, starring in movies and appearing on TV. She was charming, and she was savvy.<\/p>\n

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When Dolly was born, the 4th\u00a0of 12 children, her parents had to pay the doctor in cornmeal. Her life reminds us that in America, someone can be born in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River, and still be a queen.<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton’s success in show business gave wings to her natural generosity. She helped families rebuild after floods; sponsored scholarships; funded the development of a COVID vaccine; and started a program that sent books to more than 300 million children around the world.<\/p>\n

But enough of a journalist’s words\u2014let’s listen to the queen.<\/p>\n

In 1972, Dolly wrote and recorded My Tennessee Mountain Home. It had the gift, as great songs do, of helping us to see simple things that were always right before us.<\/p>\n

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She said she wasn’t offended by dumb blonde jokes because “I know I’m not dumb…and I also know I’m not blonde!” We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[1753],"class_list":["post-9328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-dolly-parton"],"yoast_head":"\nOpinion: Remembering Dolly Parton - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=9328\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opinion: Remembering Dolly Parton - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" 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