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Dolly hits a little harder than I thought it would. I've lived in Tennessee for 25 years now. I moved down here from Indiana straight out of college to marry my wife and quickly fell in love with the state.

We went to Dollywood a couple of years ago and just last month we went to her new truck stop that opened up just a few miles from our home.
 
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KMac151993 said:
She did more for literacy in this country than any politician. There are few people who really know who they are...she did.
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A few legislatures actually cut funding for Imagination Library in their states.

Won't name any names, but fuck you Indiana and Missouri.

Imagination Library is going to keep on keeping on even now that Dolly is gone. Great legacy.
 
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SWirishfan said:
I’d go over 2.5 with Bowie, Cash, and at least 1 other.
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Apparently Nancy Sinatra and Dolly were close, and at least was well acquainted with Frank. Nancy apparently told her Frank always admired Dolly's deeply emotional songwriting, so I'd add him.

[EDIT] What the hell, I was curious and wondered how many others she crossed paths with or connected to.
She performed with Tina Turner on stage, but it doesn't say they ever had a close relationship or it's unknown.
She was a lifelong fan of the Beatles, but never met John (She did perform with Paul and Ringo). She did do a cover of John's Imagine, along with a cover of Mercury's We Will Rock You, and also covered Prince's Purple Rain, all on the same rock album.
Dolly was close to Michael Jackson apparently, they originally met in the 70s and they shared a manager together in the 90s, Dolly gave an emotional tribute to him when he passed.
It's not known if she ever met George Michael, but he was apparently a very big fan of her work.
She was friends with Tony Bennett, unsure how close. They sat together at an awards show or two, and also did something together on a New Years Eve show.
Dolly met Whitney at least once to present her a Grammy, but there was always tremendous mutual respect of course.
Dolly and Cash have a long history of course, Dolly first meeting Cash when she was just 13 and Cash introduced her at the Grand Ole Opry for her first performance. They had a lifelong friendship after.
Huge friendship with Kris Kristofferson and collaborated many times.
She never did meet Elvis apparently, unless Google AI is wrong.
No other real connections I could find.

So lets say Cash for sure, Michael Jackson, Kristofferson, and maybe Sinatra and Bennett.
 
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ulukinatme said:
Apparently Nancy Sinatra and Dolly were close, and at least was well acquainted with Frank. Nancy apparently told her Frank always admired Dolly's deeply emotional songwriting, so I'd add him.

[EDIT] What the hell, I was curious and wondered how many others she crossed paths with or connected to.
She performed with Tina Turner on stage, but it doesn't say they ever had a close relationship or it's unknown.
She was a lifelong fan of the Beatles, but never met John (She did perform with Paul and Ringo). She did do a cover of John's Imagine, along with a cover of Mercury's We Will Rock You, and also covered Prince's Purple Rain, all on the same rock album.
Dolly was close to Michael Jackson apparently, they originally met in the 70s and they shared a manager together in the 90s, Dolly gave an emotional tribute to him when he passed.
It's not known if she ever met George Michael, but he was apparently a very big fan of her work.
She was friends with Tony Bennett, unsure how close. They sat together at an awards show or two, and also did something together on a New Years Eve show.
Dolly met Whitney at least once to present her a Grammy, but there was always tremendous mutual respect of course.
Dolly and Cash have a long history of course, Dolly first meeting Cash when she was just 13 and Cash introduced her at the Grand Ole Opry for her first performance. They had a lifelong friendship after.
Huge friendship with Kris Kristofferson and collaborated many times.
She never did meet Elvis apparently, unless Google AI is wrong.
No other real connections I could find.

So lets say Cash for sure, Michael Jackson, Kristofferson, and maybe Sinatra and Bennett.
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Only connection with Elvis was a story I heard in Sirius' Elvis channel. If I remember correctly, Elvis' manager at the time contacted Dolly and her reps and wanted/ demanded the rights or half of the rights to the song, "I Will Always Love You". Dolly declined and stated that she wanted to keep the song for her family but later gave permission for Whitney Houston to sing it for the Bodyguard movie.

I don't believe they ever met personally nor contacted one another directly.
 
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zelezo vlk said:
Optimus Prime has passed away
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GrangerIrish24 said:
I was just about to post this. The cartoon voice of my childhood.
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Yup, Peter Cullen is the 3rd, sad. Aside from being famous as the immortal voice of Optimus Prime, he's also done the voice of Eeyore in pretty much every adaption of Whinnie the Pooh since the 90s. He was also the voice of Monterey Jack in the Rescue Rangers TV show. He did a ton of other voice acting work though, from GI Joe to Rainbow Bright. Definitely the voice for many of our childhoods.

 
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ulukinatme said:
Yup, Peter Cullen is the 3rd, sad. Aside from being famous as the immortal voice of Optimus Prime, he's also done the voice of Eeyore in pretty much every adaption of Whinnie the Pooh since the 90s. He was also the voice of Monterey Jack in the Rescue Rangers TV show. He did a ton of other voice acting work though, from GI Joe to Rainbow Bright. Definitely the voice for many of our childhoods.

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He was the Mel Blanc of my time.
 
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Sea Turtle said:
Dolly hits a little harder than I thought it would. I've lived in Tennessee for 25 years now. I moved down here from Indiana straight out of college to marry my wife and quickly fell in love with the state.

We went to Dollywood a couple of years ago and just last month we went to her new truck stop that opened up just a few miles from our home.
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Flags were at half staff in Memphis when I was there this week for work…and I suspect all of TN
 
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irishnd31 said:
Only connection with Elvis was a story I heard in Sirius' Elvis channel. If I remember correctly, Elvis' manager at the time contacted Dolly and her reps and wanted/ demanded the rights or half of the rights to the song, "I Will Always Love You". Dolly declined and stated that she wanted to keep the song for her family but later gave permission for Whitney Houston to sing it for the Bodyguard movie.

I don't believe they ever met personally nor contacted one another directly.
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Another interesting collaboration/interaction she had with other pop/rock stars was when she asked Robert Plant in 2002 for permission to cover "Stairway to Heaven" including asking him if she could add a line to song for her gospel version of the classic.

Plant replied: "Of course you can, you're Dolly Parton!"

Here's her version of the song:

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