My father was a stagehand and loved when Dolly had a show in town. She loved tipping and gave my dad like 50 the first time she was there (a lot for a stagehand that doesn't get tipped)

So he took mother out for a fancy dinner and a babysitter for us.

Next time she comes in, he thanks her, telling her it let him get a babysitter for the twins and a nice dinner for his wife.

She tipped him three times as much every time after that!

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

absolute legend. shes back with her husband now ❤️

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

She wasn't just one of the greatest musicians of all time, she was one of the greatest human beings, period

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Fantastic rack too.

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dolly is one of the few people you can say this about in her eulogy and it wouldn't even be disrespectful.

Dolly was a real one, as someone who doesn't usually care about celebrity deaths, or country music, this made me sad, she will be missed.

Here's a little story: In my garage growing up we had a metal can (idk if it was like a bedroom trash can or what) that had Dolly on it. I'm guessing it caused me to have a dream that I thought was real until I was about 10 years old. I had a memory of pulling up to Dolly's house (which in my false memory was like a 3-bedroom in southern California a few blocks from my house) with my Mom and her and my mom had a conversation sitting in Dolly's living room as I played on the floor with toys. I must've been about 10 before it clicked into my head that there was no way my mom was buddies with Dolly Parton and that she lived just around the way lol. But I grew up thinking she was a family friend. In a way, she was.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 19 points 2 days ago

She was a family friend to us all.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thank you for always staying classy, SatansMaggotyCumFart. She would've appreciated your candor.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 10 points 2 days ago

A lot of hard earned money went into it.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Heartbreaking, the worst account I know just made a great joke

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

It costs a lot of money to look that cheap

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago

I still keep all of the books she sent my kids. The woman was a saint.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I saw her in LAX in I think 1997, my God she was gorgeous and tiny. She only flew commercial airlines even though she could afford to buy a fleet of jets.

She had a glow or a presence like no one I have seen or met since.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She once said that her favourite thing to do with her husband was to take off in a little trailer they had and go find some place in some corner of Tennessee to camp out in for a weekend.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

She held onto her roots and love of the simple things in life! You have to respect that considering she was worth upwards of 650 million.

And she did a ton of charity work to boot. We lost a good one, such a shame.

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago

She was a saint. And not in a religious way, but in the way that she was for everyone, and truly cared about us all. Rest in peace with your dear Carl, your memory will always be a blessing.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 30 points 2 days ago

80 years and died beloved. That's pretty good.

[–] Nottalottapies@aussie.zone 16 points 2 days ago

Post-Parton depression. Sad day, RIP Dolly.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 19 points 2 days ago

Sad day.

Really was one of the greatest Americans. I hope her legacy is lasting. 💔

[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

crying and listening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXW5vagD55Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfinvuRolR0&list=RDRfinvuRolR0&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsQR72HY0s&list=RDlKsQR72HY0s&start_radio=1&pp=ygUcaSB3aWxsIGFsd2F5cyBsb3ZlIHlvdSBkb2xseaAHAQ%3D%3D

rip dolly. we're lucky to have you in our hearts and our ears

[–] aim4harmony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

She was a ray of sunshine. I remember seeing one reel on Instagram (before moving on from it) earlier this year and she joked about not being dead (yet) then. It seemed like she will always be around and spread joy. Ehh.. R.I.P.

[–] jambudz@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

You misspelled legend and added some unnecessary qualifiers. The legendary Dolly Parton will be missed so much. Fucking tragic.

[–] BigTurkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

This one really heart my heart. 💔

[–] Danika7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

she had autoimmune diseases which culminated in kidney issues, guess it was more serious than led on.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

I swear I saw her talking on the news just days ago. Certainly less than a week.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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