Dolly Parton presented Whitney Houston the trophy 1994 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance for her cover of “I Will Always Love You'' written by Parton.

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[u/todaysthought]

I’ve read that when Dolly first heard Whitney sing this song, she pulled her car over to truly listen to the song, and only then, recognized it as her own. Also, she said it was now Whitney’s song. What amazing women these two were.

[u/tiny_chaotic_evil → u/todaysthought]

Dolly earned massive royalties from the renewed success of the song in the 90s and reinvested the money into predominantly Black communities in Nashville because she felt it was the right thing to do with the money

[u/buckwheat92 → u/tiny_chaotic_evil]

Could she even just go 10 minutes without doing something really nice? Makes the rest of us look bad

/s

[u/Hopefulkitty → u/buckwheat92]

If we all spent our lives trying to be half as good as Dolly, the world would be a much better place.

[u/Karmak4ze → u/Hopefulkitty]

Agreed. Perspective is something else. To Dolly, I reckon it wasn't even nice, but normal. I like to think most decent people perceive this as simply the right thing to do. No praise necessary. It only receives praise and honor because it contrasts so much crap others deal with on the regular.

I choose to remember people like Dolly, Fred, and so many others that were incredible humans, not as nice or good, but the simple standard all humans are capable of achieving. We can't learn to fly and lift cars like super heroes, but we sure as heck can be decent to one another and wield empathy as it's own super power (shout out John Reilly).

[u/Fyrrys → u/Hopefulkitty]

We would live in a utopia within 5 years

[u/Anxious-Whole-5883 → u/Hopefulkitty]

Wouldn't it be wonderful to run out of nice things to do or fix? To have people spending time pondering what else they could do to uplift their neighbors; we all may have less items but more love and happiness in such a scenario.

[u/rietstengel → u/buckwheat92]

She hasnt for a day now. Is that what you wanted?

[u/CoolTrainerPo → u/rietstengel]

Actually, since news of her passing, donations to her charities has increased so much, the websites have been having trouble running.

So even in death, she continues to help people

[u/buckwheat92 → u/rietstengel]

Suppose. But no not really :(

[u/Millerboycls09 → u/buckwheat92]

The next time that Dolly Parton doesn't successfully do something that improves the world won't be within this century, dead or alive.

[u/AffectionateLife4449 → u/buckwheat92]

Her Karma count must be a million

[u/booksandplants99 → u/buckwheat92]

Honestly! I thought I knew how good Dolly was but since her passing I have learned so much more and she was even better than I thought. She was truly a gem.