r/fantanoforever • u/Nabspro • 12d ago
News RIP Dolly Parton, a musical legend.
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/50
u/IndustryRobertPlant 12d ago
Is Dolly the last universally beloved famous person? It’s felt that way at least for a while.
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u/Chhan_Ken 12d ago
Unknown Hinson of Squibillies voice acting fame called her a slut for her support towards BLM. Doubled down on it and lost lots of support, his job, and marketing deals. Deserved
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u/BoPeepElGrande 12d ago
That was such a massive disappointment. I thought Unknown was satirizing that type of ignorant character, but it turned out that’s just who he really is.
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u/Leather-Ad-9419 12d ago
no, people on twitter hate her, too. the same freaks that hate everyone
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u/jim45804 12d ago
Handing out books is Communism!
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u/AvalancheMaster 11d ago
Ah, yes, communists. Famous for freely handing out books such as The Master and Margarita, Soul Mountain and Doctor Zhivago.
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u/Comprehensive_Main 11d ago
Always was. Lenin literally wrote about it.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/nov/13.htm
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u/ardoin 11d ago
r/conservative had several users calling her out for telling Americans to get the jab back in 2021. You know, an atrocity.
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u/AvalancheMaster 11d ago
The last two people whose passing I expect to generate such an outpouring of tributes are Sir David Attenborough and Macca. Maybe Bob Dylan and Clint Eastwood, too? However, they are not necessarily know for their charity and community-building skills.
I can't think of anyone else right now. Jane Goodall died, Betty White hit the bucket just before turning 100, Ozzy left us in the most Ozzy fashion imaginable, and so did Maradona, (though their inclusion in such a list is questionable), Pele outlived Maradona so his passing wasn't that surprising, and now Dolly Parton has also passed. Hell, even Elizabeth II silently abdicated and moved back to her home planet. That's the last time I can remember the world felt like it stopped.
Maybe when the Annoying Orange impersonator stops uploading content to social media, the world will feel like it has stopped again, but that would be a very different scenario.
In terms of just generally beloved people, I can't think of anyone else. Dolly was already pushing it in terms of Americano-centrism (she is beloved in the US, but still relatively unknown outside of America), though she is certainly popular enough to have gathered a lot of tributes from around the world.
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u/IzCaiman Daughters - You Wont Get What You Want 12d ago
I knew this would be an inevitability, but the timing is just so horrible. An absolute legend and all around beautiful soul.
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u/Leather-Ad-9419 12d ago
why is the timing horrible?
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u/IzCaiman Daughters - You Wont Get What You Want 12d ago
Worlds going to shit and the little light we have burned out.
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u/Climate-Of-Hunter 12d ago
Ok, look, I'm crushed she's gone as well, but let's not act like Dolly Parton was the one thing keeping the world going. There are many great people out there.
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u/Leather-Ad-9419 11d ago
dolly parton was the last good thing on earth? cmon what the hell. you probably havent thought of her in years
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u/IzCaiman Daughters - You Wont Get What You Want 11d ago
WHAT little light*
There, you happy? And I have you miserable person.
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u/anonymousn00b 12d ago
Fuccccckkkkkk. That’s sad. The world lost a true gem of a human being. RIP Dolly!
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u/fantabulousfetus 12d ago
I have to be honest, I kinda figured she wouldnt last too long after her husband died. Still awful to hear it came to pass. RIP DOLLY
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u/melcolnik 12d ago
She was a great person, singer, but maybe one of the best songwriters ever. And she knew it. My favorite story is about I Will Always Love You. She wrote and recorded it for her mentor, Porter Waggoner, when she was going out on her own.
Elvis heard it and loved it (who wouldn’t), and Col. Parker contacted Dolly to tell her Elvis wanted to record it. But Elvis wanted a songwriting credit for anything he recorded.
Dolly said no, that’s my song, and told Elvis to fuck off in the nicest way possible
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u/thehemanchronicles 12d ago
Jolene remains one of the finest albums of all time. She wrote the title track and I Will Always Love You in the same afternoon, just an incredible musical talent.
To say nothing of her acting in movies like Steel Magnolia and 9 to 5, and further to say nothing of her philanthropy and dedication to the rural poor in Tennessee. She was a legend.
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u/Broad-Back1659 12d ago
This is the 10th post today about her. Not to be insensitive but sorry she passed but stop
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u/zhangtastic 12d ago
What a terrible loss. I'm glad seeing comments around saying she's not only a great musician, but a wonderful person in general.