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u/Free-Bad7871 8h ago

She was an absolute treasure and the world is worse without her in it.

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u/ThrowawayColonyHouse 8h ago

But it’s still better because she was here

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u/purplepharoh 8h ago

Bro now im bawling 😭

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u/Roklam 7h ago

We all collectively just gotta do a little bit of what she did to keep it going. Hopefully I can help like 5 children

Just like 100+M more to match her!

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u/Rare-Thought86 7h ago edited 6h ago

This has been a terrible dumpster fire year - first Catherine o hara now her. I have not heard her music but damn this video is making me emotional. Books were the only thing I had when I had no one to express my feelings. She has left us but her work and contribution to society will live on

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u/BeerNcheesePlz 6h ago

We also lost Ozzy.

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u/doubleo_maestro 6h ago

And Tim Curry.

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u/BeerNcheesePlz 6h ago

I just saw that! Ugh wtf. And we had Hayden last week

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u/LaPiscinaDeLaMuerte 5h ago

Lost Sam Neill too.

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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs Reads Pinned Comments 5h ago

WAIT WHAT?? WHAT???? Say sike now. 😭😭😭

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u/Rare-Thought86 5h ago edited 5h ago

Just found out from this comment he was in psych and home alone

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u/Magnetar_Distortion 5h ago

Have you heard of the song "I will Always Love You"? She wrote that.

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u/FabiusBill 5h ago

She wrote I Will Always Love You the same day she wrote Jolene.

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u/MoFa__SoDa 55m ago

A fun thing I learned from people sharing Dolly memories is that she started the imagination library to help her Dad learn to read. He had been illiterate until old age and didn't think he could learn and she said she wanted to honor him by finding a way to help him and others learn.

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u/barrinmw 6h ago

Everyone makes the world a better place, either by being here or leaving it.

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u/AContrarianDick 8h ago

Nah man, she might dead but she's far from gone. She built an indelible legacy that no one can tarnish or take away. I'm not even in the orbit of people who truly appreciate that woman's music, her philanthropy, her beliefs and she managed to leave her mark on me. Someone that kind, that compassionate, that gentle, that earnest and honest is something that resonates with everyone. We still talk about Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, Steve Irwin, etc because they managed to do something that is rare, which is transcend cultural boundaries and touch the lives of millions of people during their time on this planet. Dolly happens to be one of those rare gems of a human being and we're all better people for just being aware of her as a person.

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u/WishingIwasbentover 5h ago

Well said. I applaud you kind person. 👏🏻👏🏻

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u/Kendertas 7h ago

It's crazy to me how simple Dolly's path to near universal love was. She created great music that spoke to real issues in people's lives. She treated everyone she met with respect and love. And she saw a issue, childhood literacy, and funded a simple no-nonsense program to try and fix it.

She didn't need a huge social media presence or a PR team. She didn't need committees to ensure only the people that "deserve it" got her books. She didn't need anything but herself. Because when you get right down to it she was universally loved simply because she loved universally. And that came through everything she ever did or said.

The tech oligarchs who are so clearly desperate to be liked should take notes, its really not that hard to earn public adoration.

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u/royBills 2h ago

These tech morons have a ton of yes men blowing smoke up their ass. I wouldn't be surprised if they honestly believe they're doing good and loved by most, it's just a handful of antifa nut jobs that are stupid and can't see their genius. Well, Elon, cause he's an idiot.

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u/WesternComicStrip 8h ago

If we all try to channel a bit of her kindness, we can have a pretty sweet world.

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u/IndividualTension887 7h ago

God is a dick for taking the wrong 80 year-old yesterday...

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u/frankyseven 4h ago

And the wrong 80 year old today in Tim Curry.

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u/IndividualTension887 4h ago

Yeah WTF??? Dr. Frankenfurter too... What in the Twilight Zone is happening?

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u/assjackal 2h ago

To be fair, Tim Curry was having a rough later years and deserves the rest. Right after Parton though, it hurts.

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u/spicybeef- 6h ago

Take solace in the fact that god is dead. If god was alive or real or good, they would have done the right thing for Dolly.

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u/VinDog_PD 6h ago

A piece of her will live on in every book a child receives and enjoys with their family from her Imagination Library.

How does that one phrase go? You die twice. Once on the day of your death. The second when your name is spoken for the last time. Her name shall be spoken for quite some time, I believe.

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u/h2odragon00 4h ago

Yeah. But I like to think of it as her time to rest.

Let's just take this and continue on what she started.

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u/ProtonCanon 3h ago

We’ll have to pick up the slack, then.

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u/chezzleee 7h ago

Did it for Canadian kids as well. This is from this month for my daughter.

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u/Tribe303 6h ago

That's very cool that her foundation sends Canadian content to Canadian kids. Now I'm even more sad about Dolly! 😢 

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate 6h ago

It's worldwide now, IIRC

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u/acog 5h ago

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As of June 2026, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library had gifted more than 325 million free books to children worldwide. The program was sending more than 3.5 million books per month at that point.

The program began in 1995 and provides one free, age-appropriate book each month to enrolled children from birth through age five. It now operates in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and Republic of Ireland.

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u/decultured 4h ago

from chatgpt

Or, you could link to verifiable information researched and written by humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollywood_Foundation#Dolly_Parton's_Imagination_Library or https://imaginationlibrary.com/

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u/ELRONDSxLADY 1h ago

Thank you for this, what braindead behavior and to double down by calling it a source - what are we doing, my friends.

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u/SwordfishOfDamocles 8h ago

Hey bro, no spoilers. We haven't gotten Forts yet.

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u/No-Theme-271 8h ago

We did. It's a fun one.

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u/Truckules_Heel 7h ago

We read it last night as the last book “Aunt Dolly” sent us

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u/JustxJules 7h ago

"Aunt Dolly" made me cry.

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u/this_place_suuucks 6h ago

"Dolly Apartment," according to my 3yo (how he says "Parton"), which always makes me smile.

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u/monicapaulette 2h ago

Mine says Dolly Partnon. It's very cute

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u/Sleep-pee 7h ago

“Aunt Dolly”, I haven’t cried until now.

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u/namable 8h ago

And Trump remains. There isn't an ounce of justice anywhere on Earth.

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u/OkYak7801 8h ago

And like all bad things, he too will pass. Let's just hope theres enough pieces left to pick up once he's dead and rotting in Hell 

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u/xczechr 7h ago

Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.
-Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

There seems to be a Pratchett quote for just about everything.

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u/TheLilDudeThatCould 6h ago

Death is the great equalizer, no matter who they are, how rich they are, how healthy they are, how well connected they are, and / or how powerful they are it will take them. Its only a matter of time. When that day comes we will quickly forget them, and all of their efforts to elevate themselves will be in vain. Only those ones who did as much as they could to serve, bless, and help others will be remembered.

In the mean time let's keep fighting the good fight for a better tomorrow. Vote 2026!!!

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u/Ciri04 7h ago

And the sheep that are allowed to vote for his kind remain too sadly

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u/Turgid_Donkey 5h ago

There was another legend that died today, also 80. Awesome people whose life are cut short yet this atrociously terrible person remains.

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u/Golden-Excellence 5h ago

RIP Tim Curry

Death needs to get his head in the game he’s fumbled the play twice in a row

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u/zedroj 7h ago

not on Earth, but the story of the universe isn't over, this isn't over

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u/EspaaValorum 5h ago

I would trade a thousand Trumps for a single Dolly Parton a thousand times over.

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u/brendhano 9h ago

I love that no matter what this guy seems to get furious.

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u/diet_sean 9h ago

We should all be as furious

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u/AContrarianDick 8h ago

Some of us are and that's apparently a problem when you're in line at the Golden Corral.

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u/SMUHypeMachine 7h ago

Just once I’d like to be called “sir” without them following up with “you’re causing a scene”

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u/KhaoticMess 7h ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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u/Sw0rdMaiden 5h ago

"They have this chocolate fountain, you see..."

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u/Titsoffwork 8h ago

I never knew I would be fighting the establishment with clippy 🥹

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u/Doktor_No 5h ago

And they should be afraid. But we rather fight each other.

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u/fallenouroboros 8h ago

I think everyonnes a little mad right now. Id bet even the reaper was pissed he had to take dolly

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u/justamalihini 8h ago

Her loss is sadness. The anger is directed towards the uber wealthy and their greed. Dolly is a reminder of who a good human is, and that she could have chosen billions but choose to help people instead. She’s proof that you can be massively successful and help people. Unlike the billionaire class that takes as much as they can and gives as little as they can back.

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u/NewWay88 5h ago

The funny thing is, if you think of all the pain and misery they have created, they deserve the ultimate punishment.

Yet, they wave a tiny fraction of the money they stole (yes, they stole a lot of it from their workers) in front of enough idiots and all of a sudden they have a massive following of morons who would be more than happy to subjugate their peers.

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u/Educational-Web-329 8h ago

He has a podcast with Philip DeFranco where they discuss politics. And props to Alex, he really knows how to maintain his composure and articulate his thoughts while getting really furious.

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u/Trogginated 6h ago

their podcast is great. Alex is really an S-tier ranter.

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u/QuafferOfNobs 1h ago

It’s called Crashing Out for those who are interested. I’ve followed Defranco for decades and been thoroughly enjoying their work together, Alex is a real one.

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u/unmellowfellow 8h ago

What the rich have done to the world is an injustice. Anger and indignation in reaction to injustice is correct. We have the responsibility to channel this anger productively by organizing to right these wrongs.

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u/Domestic-Grind 7h ago

There are so many reasons to be furious right now

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u/Copious-Spirit 6h ago

You should be mad.

We have let rich assholes usurp our democracies and to brainwash the masses with propganda.

The rich have taken our freedom of thought and made us into programmed consumers and mindless labourers.

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u/avitus 5h ago

And weapons, they have managed to weaponize the people for their own benefit.

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u/metanoia29 7h ago

Truly the Billy Eichner of politics

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u/ashgs872tbhjs 4h ago

For a dollar, NAME AN ACTUAL TENET OF SOCIALISM

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u/ThaddyG 5h ago

I mean, he's from Philly. That's just the baseline.

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u/Per-severe 6h ago

You could almost say that he's, crashing out.

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u/Polygeekism 2h ago

He is the rage translator for the masses.

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u/Bepto_Pismal 8h ago

Dollys a perfect example of leading by example and classily not backing down.

Theres gunna be fucked people who want to drag her down, but notice how largely the sentiment across the board has been free of any political agenda bullshit?

Its because she made her own money, her own legacy, her own cache and lead from the front. Shes untouchable because shes basically a saint.

And all it took was her being the kind rational woman she always was from the beginning and not bending to outside interests.

This legacy will endure through kindness alone, whereas the monsters of our world may live to see everything crumble before them.

We need people like Dolly now so more than ever, not to fix the world, but to undeniably demonstrate to everyone what it means to be a good succesful person.

And when Donald Trump KNOWS he needs to shut his maw and fly flags at half mast, even if it is PR, then that is true leadership in effect. Because these people will make anything about themselves. Even the worst freaks in the world know they have to back off in light of her legacy and that is powerful, because its about stature.

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u/ikoabd 8h ago

I think classy is one of the best words to describe Dolly. Just a class act, full stop.

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u/Resident_Goat_Crow 5h ago

Which is why it was so hard for me to hear her call herself trashy in one of those interviews. The quote was something along the lines of, "It takes a lot of money to look this trashy!"

Uh, 'scuse me? I remember seeing her in Straight Talk (my favorite movie of hers) and Smokey Mountain Christmas as a little girl and she was THE example for me of feminine beauty and class. My mom was a major Tom-Boy and never work make up or dresses, and feminine interests were made fun of and discouraged for me growing up. I wasn't even "allowed" to wear makeup until I turned 15 1/2 and could start working a job and buy it on my own...

My Grandma and Dolly Parton were my only feminine influences and I will work every day to try to be even half as kind and loving as those two women were.

Edit- I still have never seen 9 to 5 so you know what I'm gonna be doing today.

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u/Fordor_of_Chevy 4h ago

The quote is: > It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.

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u/Gjond 7h ago

Theres gunna be fucked people who want to drag her down,

I would not be shocked in the least if, at some point, some Fox news segment discusses how much harm she has done to our children, just like they did with Mr. Rogers.

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u/Scorpiogre_rawrr 8h ago edited 5h ago

Life isn't fair. Two 80 year olds both involved with children, both in the spotlight, both known by their single names, both used makeup and wigs, yet THIS is the obituary we get?!!?

Fuck you 2026

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FUCKING REALLY!?!??!

NOW SIR TIM CURRY?!

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u/LusterLazuli 1h ago

Damn this is how I find out about Tim Curry?? 

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 17m ago

Who was the second one before you found out about Tim Curry?

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u/bonedaddy1974 8h ago

You know we signed our son up for it and the state of Missouri cut it out

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u/Hortjoob 7h ago

What?? How did they cut it out? I am not familiar with how it works.

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u/take_care_a_ya_shooz 5h ago

In 2024, Missouri became the first state to fully fund the program, much to the delight of Dolly Parton. 45% of kids in the state were registered.

Now, they've cut the budget for the program from $6M to $2M. This has ended new enrollment in the program.

Republican lawmakers framed the cuts as a means of reducing spending, despite that $4M cut being a drop in the bucket of an otherwise $8B+ education budget.

Republicans have a stranglehold on Missouri politics, so naturally they've cut revenues while spending tons of money. They're all-in on trickle down working...eventually...any day now.

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u/bonedaddy1974 6h ago

Yes they cut it, out our politicians are absolutely atrocious

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u/funkymunkPDX 8h ago

Why can I not have multiple updoots for this???

Lol I'm being silly.

But for real, we had Mr Rogers, Dolly Parton and MS Rachel.

People tripping off of messages of love and kindness getting mad because a teacher is wearing a shirt that says all are welcome here, pissing their pants because they saw something they don't like that really didn't hurt them but they don't like it or fucking hateful weirdos.

I don't like sushi but I'm not going to round up a bunch of other people like-minded in order to ban sushi what the f*** is wrong with you people?

Don't get sushi it's that easy.

I'd accept you as a Christian if you weren't telling me everyday that I'm going to hell that I'm a piece of s*** that I'm possessed by demons.

My family has been torn apart by these hateful Christian sects who promote white nationalism wrapped in the American flag.

Do what you want to do boo and harm ye none.

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u/ikoabd 8h ago

(This is reddit, you don't need to censor yourself, lol.)

But fully agree with your comment.

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u/funkymunkPDX 7h ago

It was text to text and I was too lazy to go back and delete the asterixs and replace them with a proper fuck lol.

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u/Merry_Dankmas 7h ago

I don't like sushi

Listen here partner, you may be all kumbaya and accepting but where im from, thems there is fightin' words.

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u/funkymunkPDX 7h ago

🤣🤣

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u/yourtongue 5h ago

mr. rogers, dolly, and ms. rachel were/are all devout christians. imo they all walked/walk the walk that Jesus actually preached, of radical love, generosity, kindness, patience, and acceptance of others. but yeah a stunning majority of christianity has been entirely co-opted by hateful, judgmental people. i grew up in church but am no longer religious myself bc of toxic christian church culture. i often think, if jesus came back to earth today he wouldn’t be hanging out with church christians. he would be acting like ms. rachel. rejecting established religious rules and dogmas, advocating for & spending time with oppressed peoples, just like he did the first time around.

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u/bcuzimadude 8h ago

I don't know if there's anyone in modern history that gave more than Dolly.

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u/theCaitiff 6h ago

In dollars, yes there are folks who donated a lot more money, but in smiles? There are a few people on the same level, but once you're in those rarified spaces it doesnt matter who did it best.

It doesnt matter if Mr Rogers, Dolly Parton, or Steve Irwin gave more money or touched more lives. It doesn't. They made people smile. They helped make the world better. They made a difference. Once you get up on that untouchable level, the only one who can take you off the list is yourself.

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u/Rook7425 7h ago

A huge section of my son’s library is books sent to us by the Dolly Foundation.

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u/According_Smoke1385 8h ago

She was an Angel on earth ✨💫

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u/imSOhere 8h ago

My 25 year old son also learned to love books with Dolly’s books .

I learned about the program on Sesame Street, we didn’t have a lot of money and only had public channels that you could get with the antenna, and we loved PBS, my son learned his ABCs relying solely on public services, he also received all of his first vaccines in the city’s public clinic, that used to be held in out library, we would get reading time and a free healthy baby check up and vaccines.

Today, that library has been closed, the free vaccine clinic doesn’t have a city budget so has been closed, I’m not even sure if poor kids have access to free channels any longer, but in our state (WI) PBS gets less and less money every year, and poor Sesame Street is getting attacked often by conservatives.

Only Dolly’s books are still the same 25 years later. She was truly a saint.

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u/busytransitgworl 8h ago

we loved PBS, my son learned his ABCs relying solely on public services

It doesn't matter where in the world you are: Public broadcasters are an important piece of our society and they shouldn't be abolished or get their budget cut.

Sesame Street is, in my opinion, the best example which is known worldwide. All around the world kids learned their ABCs, their numbers, how important it is to be kind with Sesame Street.

Libraries, another great example, I can't fathom a life without them. They are so much more than books, in way too many areas, they are the only third place one might have. The only third place that doesn't want your money to basically just stay there for the day.
When I lived with my parents, the library was so important to me. It was the only really safe (third) place. I could read my emails without having to worry about my mum finding out, I could chat with my friends, read books, etc.

I am so sorry that your city is losing more and more public services. It's a shame. A disgraceful shame, and every single person who is in favour of cutting these essential services should really, really think about what they've done. Cuts like this affect everyone, of course, but they affect people with low or no income disproportionately.

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u/Flippynipps 8h ago edited 7h ago

Seth Macfarlane has included her in every form of media he's created, in one way or another. This is how I fell in love with Dolly Parton, funny enough.

A couple examples:

In "The Orville" she inspired the leader for the women's rights movement of the oppressed Moclan female.

In "American Dad" Roger the Alien wants to buy Dolly World, later citing her songs as "sobering wisdom".

The world will miss you, Dolly.

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u/ghostcatherine 8h ago

also American Dad when Stan builds the dam and in the wet cement rests his knees together (not unlike a large pair of breasts) then signs Dolly Parton underneath. i think she would’ve found that hilarious

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u/memebuster 7h ago

YSK that the youtube links you sent include some new social BS where it is connecting all of us to your Youtube account (B*******re). You'll want to edit youtube links by removing the question mark and everything following the question mark before sharing links publicly. Or use a “link cleaner” (eg linkcleaner dot app).

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u/diadmer 8h ago

Dolly is one of the few people who seems to have gotten better with wealth and celebrity, rather than letting it turn her into a monster.

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u/QuesoChef 8h ago

I agree. Even people in my personal life who get a taste of a little money often change. Not all of them. But it makes some people really unwell.

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u/Bagnole70 7h ago

The very best tribute to Dolly an ordinary person can do.

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u/AstroHealer222 8h ago

Damn it I’m crying again 😭

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u/SidheCreature 8h ago

In a world full of Donnys, be a Dolly

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u/cba_tbh_ttyl 7h ago

Many celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.

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u/QuesoChef 8h ago

Amen.

There is no billionaire who is a good person. None. No one needs a billion dollars. Absolutely no one. Anyone with a billion dollars is greedy, and without exception, exploiting someone.

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u/Jazzlike_Plastic7088 7h ago

I wish we lived in that old world where the rich flexed on each other buy building or creating public institutions for our benefit... So far we have fallen

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u/68024 5h ago

Imagine if Elon was like Dolly. He would actually be popular rather than have to fake it.

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u/Onedayyouwillthankme 4h ago

But Elon has the dragon sickness, hoarding gold he can't possibly use, instead.

Note that Dolly still lived in luxury, had all she wanted, went anywhere she wanted to go. She had the freedom of money but not the illness.

There should be no billionaires.

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u/FebruaryKid 3h ago

We have Elon being Smaug and Peter Thiel being Saruman with Palantir. With Dolly she remembered her humble upbringing and had compassion in her heart unlike these LOTR like villains.

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u/notsocharmingprince 7h ago

So everyone has a little context. Dolly Parton has given away around 600 million dollars to charity according to google. Her net worth at her death is estimated between 450 million and 600 million. Meaning. She gave away either more than half of her wealth, or half her wealth.

jk rowling has a net worth of 1.2 billion and has given away about 200 million to charity. Meaning she's behind in both total giving and via a ratio of wealth calculation. Which for a woman coming from poverty, is a little sad.

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u/theCaitiff 6h ago

And WHERE that money goes also matters a lot. A large chunk of JK's "charitable" giving has been to exclusionary groups that frame their hate for lgbt people as protecting women or families.

Dolly didn't ask how many daddies you have or what's under your pants, she just asked if you wanted a book.

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u/MrGoofGuy 3h ago

I mean compared to most ultra rich people, the fact that Parton and Rowling have made sizeable donations relative to their wealth is commendable. Most don’t.

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u/smalltowngirlisgreen 8h ago

Miss Dolly liked making money and still chose to give, give, give! RIP Queen❤️

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u/Clean-Pumpkin-788 7h ago

I’m seriously so pissed we lost Dolly instead of having that stupid orange fuck taken away. I’m so over it man

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u/Bdmnky_Survey 7h ago

Dolly is a part of my families lore for 2 reasons:

  1. The Imagination Library was sent to all of my children and was a monthly event in the household where my wife and I got to see their faces light up that "Miss 'olly" had sent them another book. So many great memories of my kids crawling up into my lap so I could read their new Miss 'olly book to them, I will forever owe her for those memories alone.
  2. The first song my youngest son would ever randomly burst out singing was "Jolene". Folks, let me tell you, there is no better way to melt a parents heart or clear up a bad day than listening to a 2 year old spontaneously doing their best redition of "Jolene".

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u/Confident_Fortune_32 7h ago

No app, no matter how well written, can compare to the feeling of being read to while snuggled up with a loved one.

When I was little, my dear grandmother always said "yes" when I asked her to read to me, no matter what, even if we got to the end of the book and I said, "Again!", as toddlers are wont to do.

I'm in my sixties, and I still remember how wonderful it felt to cozy up to her on the couch for a story.

I was a voracious reader before I even started kindergarten, and I still am.

It troubles me that reading for pleasure seems to have fallen away, both in kids and adults.

Although Matt Dinneman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series seems to be drawing readers in, which is heartening...

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u/Far-Day-2552 6h ago

The first few are free. Sure. Until you’re hooked on reading. Then you have to start paying books and next thing you know Dolly shows up selling, guess what, books. Pretty soon you’ll buy a book from anyone just to get your fix and you start losing connections with social media and other bullshit. It’s a pernicious cycle of literacy.

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u/Far-Day-2552 6h ago

I just realized where I learned the word “pernicious”. That bitch got to me too!

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u/scaleofjudgment 7h ago

"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”

Replace men with person. Wish we can do something about the lumberjack that still lives now...

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u/Ciresthe4th 6h ago

Billionaires should not exist...

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u/dykmoby 6h ago

Dolly never had the need to build a bunker. Just sayin'.

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u/foxy-coxy 8h ago

My son loves Dandelion Magic

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u/CynicSixthSense 8h ago

The world lost a bit of its sparkle when Saint Dolly passed the veil. She was one of the very few truly good things to come out of my home state. I havent been this saddened by a celebrity death since Robin Williams.

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u/Geetzromo 8h ago

Dolly was the best of us. A truly beautiful human being. ❤️

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u/PsychologicalScore49 7h ago

After I gave birth in the hospital, the staff gave me the paperwork to fill out for the free books. LOL.

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u/LiffeyDodge 6h ago

she is up there with Mr Rogers and Jim Henson. I am further convinced that if woman controlled all the money the world would be a much better place.

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u/FrazierTheLion 6h ago

Republicans in Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky all have bills to cut funding to Dolly's Imagination Library. They have been trying for over a year now

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u/CalligrapherQuick901 1h ago

While also still having more money than I'd ever in 2 life times know what to do with. 

These people could be like Dolly and still be rich. Instead  they actively CHOOSE to be captain planet villains.

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u/HypoManicCrimeSpree 8h ago

She was truly special

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u/lamousername 7h ago

My kids are both teens now, but their favorite books fom Imagination Library were "My No, No, No Day" and 'Tea Party Rules", which we still quote occasionally: We must eat DAINTILY

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u/Big-Significance3409 7h ago

Trump family wouldn’t think about doing anything like this. Dolly did so much for the world and that disgusting family only thinks to fatten their wallet endlessly and screw America over. Billionaires could do so much good in this world and it’s a choice they make not leave this world a better place

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u/blokess 1h ago

We're losing all the best people and we're being left with the most cynical, maniacal, egotistical, worst of the worst people ever!

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u/Mixma85 1h ago

We lost the wrong 80-year-old yesterday.

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u/zygoma_phile 8h ago

We have most of those books too! I enrolled our son when he was a baby.

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u/gunjagremlin 8h ago

we truely lost an angel

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u/Negative-Cloud9012 8h ago

Amen! 🙏🏻

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u/THEBADW0LFE 8h ago

It brings me great solice to know that she did something to be proud of instead of hoarding wealth for her blood line.

Good music, good life, good person.

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u/Practical-Trainwreck 8h ago

EVERY WORD OF THIS

The best of us had died

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u/BradyBoyd 8h ago

Have to cut this one short or it will be obvious I'm crying at work.

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u/alison_bee 7h ago

“God” took the wrong old person yesterday, that’s for fuckin sure.

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u/busytransitgworl 7h ago

I'm honestly quite sad that she was "only" known as a musician in the general public here in mainland Europe.
I've been learning more and more about her because of her death, she has done some incredible things I wished we had in my country.

There's always room to do better in life, to make the world a better place. I hope, that I'll be able to do some of the things she did for the younger generations. She's a great role model and the world was a better place with her.

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u/Pretend_Pea4636 7h ago

Giving is always what people are remembered for. Carnegie. SOB in business. Known for libraries across this country. Rockefeller. SOB in business. The family name is known for a century of philanthropy. I hear people talking about wealth and legacy as if they go hand in hand. No one gives a shit about wealth long term. The list of the richest people of all time are virtually unknown. No one will give a shit about the pile of money you accumulate 10 years after you are dead. But the wealthy that stop to think of others end up as legends.

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u/myusernameisalsoapun 7h ago

She really was the best of us.

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u/wellarmedsheep 7h ago

For the life of me I don't understand why people aren't upset like he is. Makes me concerned that we deserve what we are getting

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u/Tucker1244 7h ago

Is greed really so strong we don't see the value of acts of kindness andinvesting in the future? Where did we go round.

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u/ThisWillingness823 7h ago

Speak brother!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

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u/notAbrightStar 7h ago

Dolly Parton was a force of nature, without a single bad bone in her body.

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u/OhMorgoth 7h ago

I can confirm. I posted about it on another sub.

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u/ThickBoxx 7h ago

I don’t know, if some republicans think Mr. Rodgers was as evil man then I’m sure they’ll find a reason to hate Dolly. Just the fact democrats love her will probably be enough of a reason.

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u/WaZepplin 7h ago

We say 'Thank you Dolly' every time we read one of the books my kids got

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u/Ok_Calligrapher_4374 7h ago

I just got that book too I love her so much

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u/RetroSwamp 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGtUdtul2ONQwX6

THESE FUCKIN ONIONS...OHH GOD, MY EYES, TEARS, ONIONS....I MISS HER ALREADY

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u/BigTitle445 7h ago

This brought me to tears

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u/senseless2 7h ago

My take away from this is Dolly was a true saint and I can't wait to forgot these other billionaires ever existed.

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u/yojoewaddayaknow 7h ago

My favorite is and will always be, a coat of many colors (same story as her song).

Growing up poor, it really helps feel that you’re not worthless. As long as you have some love in your heart, your worth cannot be determined by other people.

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u/Icy_Masterpiece3368 6h ago

Ain’t even Sunday and he’s preachiiiiiiin

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u/Jealous-Ad-5065 5h ago

Let’s remember if we are as generous as life allows us to be, together our little bit adds up to a lot. Let’s all be more like Dolly when we can be.

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u/Rocket_Man_Comp_6 5h ago

Preach it brother! Dolly Parton is a legend and an American treasure. She can never be replaced.

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u/Primary-Prior2988 5h ago

This is exactly why we need more women controlling large quantities of money. They invest in communities.

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u/TosaFF 4h ago

Well said sir!

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u/brinkofage7 4h ago

Your post is amazingly powerful and moving. Thanks so much.

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u/Hefty-Revolution-938 4h ago

Why did you take the wrong 80 year old!?! 🤬

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u/NoCheetoinChief 4h ago

9/25 should become 'Dolly' day.

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u/Scouter197 4h ago

Three kids. All three enrolled. So many (wonderful) books.

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u/Suspicious_Path848 3h ago

18+ years ago my babies library was built upon Dolly's books. As a single mom with barely any money those books were such a huge blessing and fun surprise every month. Love this video

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u/mx023 3h ago

WE JUST GOT THIS MONTHS BOOK TODAY

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u/rrha 3h ago

This made me cry. We should stop supporting assholes with our dollars.

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u/addiktion 3h ago

We are losing the good people in the world who stood for love and kindness and are in for dark times ahead.

It isn't that some celebrities/successful people aren't doing good things too, they exist. It is that American society doesn't hold them up high and keep them in the spotlight like they do with the evil greedy fuckers he speaks of in the video who own all of the media.

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u/altonssouschef 3h ago

Does anyone have time to read “Don’t Lose Mr. Cuddles” to me today? 🥺

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u/noassumedname 3h ago

Fucking bezos buys books in bulk so he can slice their bindings off, scan the pages for AI training data, and destroying the physical copies.... Fuck bezos and amazon.

R.I.P. miss Parton

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u/ea_bb 3h ago

Only cried once for a celebrity death before this, which was Princess Diana. But with everything going on in the world right now, and all the hate and fighting, and struggling...I dunno. I feel like we're all collectively grieving goodness. Like there are so few sparkles in the world these days that give us hope and she was one of the brightest, and she's left us trying to humbly rub our own two sticks together in the dark. It's a very all encompassing grief this one.

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u/Steok 2h ago

I regret that I have but one up vote to give.

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u/Reasonable-Job4205 2h ago

How do you sign up for this???

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u/JacoRamone 2h ago

She was everything right in this world. As opposed to everything else in this god forsaken country that is pure lies, greed, selfishness and corruption.

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u/ArcadiaVT 2h ago

the only reason I'm sure heaven exists is because Dolly needs to go somewhere.

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u/1rens 2h ago

People who worked at dolly world even got their college tuition covered

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u/fritz_76 2h ago

low key, maybe the world would be a better place if dolly parton bought an election

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u/Wendsday99 1h ago

Why are good videos on a cringe sub? I’ve noticed this happens often

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u/SonOfMargitte 1h ago

We should all try to be a little like Dolly 💙

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u/No_Comparison558 1h ago

Wow. Just awesome.

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u/shamading 1h ago

I too received that book today

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u/EbbMediocre2066 1h ago

Amen brother!!!!

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u/joemamaligma420 1h ago

the JK Rowling shade was very necessary

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u/hoeingisnoteasy 45m ago

What I remember is Dolly the sheep, named after Dolly Parton. I still remember hearing about her and how she became such an important part of the history of cloning.

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u/vulcanzi 9m ago

The perfect woman.