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SPECIAL EDITION: DOLLY PARTON — I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU · Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter

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  Speaker 1: Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. Welcome to a very special,
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  Speaker 1: sad edition of the Naughty But Nice show. Dolly Parton,
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  Speaker 1: the legendary Dolly Parton, has passed away at age 80.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing this as a special standalone episode, eh, because
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  Speaker 1: Dolly deserves it. And Bea, I know you come to
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  Speaker 1: our show each day and I'm so grateful for that,
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  Speaker 1: for a giggle and a smile. And to start tomorrow's
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  Speaker 1: show with this news, it felt too heavy. It felt
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  Speaker 1: like Dolly needed her own show just to celebrate her.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll have a regular show tomorrow, Donny and I,
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  Speaker 1: but I wanted to do the Dolly Parton news tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to do it as soon as we found
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  Speaker 1: out this terrible news. So she was the beloved country legend.
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  Speaker 1: We all know that. Her songs, her films, and let's
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  Speaker 1: be honest, larger than life, that was true personality, made
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  Speaker 1: her an American icon. She's died at age 80. Dolly
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  Speaker 1: died on Tuesday morning, Tuesday morning at Vanderbilt University Medical
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  Speaker 1: Center in Nashville after being admitted on Friday with kidney failure.
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  Speaker 1: and autoimmune issues. So she had kidney issues, autoimmune issues.
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  Speaker 1: They knew she was in trouble. And so they took
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  Speaker 1: her to hospital on Friday. She managed to last the weekend. Thankfully,
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  Speaker 1: relatives did get to say goodbye. Not all of them,
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  Speaker 1: but they knew. They knew Dolly was really, really sick.
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  Speaker 1: And then on Tuesday morning, she couldn't hold on anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Her death came as a shock. to people closest to her.
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to a few friends of hers just a
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  Speaker 1: few hours ago, and they said they knew that she
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  Speaker 1: had health problems. She was forced to cancel appearances. Her
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  Speaker 1: show in Las Vegas, also an appearance at a Dollywood event.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't do that. She doesn't cancel shows. She doesn't
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  Speaker 1: cancel things, especially around Dollywood, unless she is really sick.
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  Speaker 1: So they didn't know all that, but they just didn't
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  Speaker 1: believe that anything could I don't, whatever happened to Dolly,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think any of us ever did. She had
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  Speaker 1: spoken recently about struggling with digestive issues, kidney stones, she
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  Speaker 1: suffered kidney stones her whole life, and complications from medications
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  Speaker 1: that she was on. She also revealed that she had
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  Speaker 1: been neglecting her own health while caring for her husband,
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  Speaker 1: Carl Dean, who died in March 2025 after 58 years.
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  Speaker 1: Years of marriage. What a special relationship that was. Over
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  Speaker 1: a remarkable six decades, Dolly sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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  Speaker 1: That number is staggering. It is massive. There are very,
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  Speaker 1: very few artists that are in the 100 million record club.
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  Speaker 1: Dolly was definitely in it. Some of her songs are
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  Speaker 1: going to live forever. Jolene. Nine to Five and I
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  Speaker 1: Will Always Love You. Dolly said when she wrote and
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  Speaker 1: recorded that song, she opened a bank account. When Whitney
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  Speaker 1: recorded it, Dolly said she bought the bank. That song
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  Speaker 1: was massive. She was also a Hollywood star, appearing in
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  Speaker 1: Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias. And so we're going to
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  Speaker 1: see her on film too. Thank goodness that is around
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  Speaker 1: and beyond to the entertainment world. Her imagination library, donating
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  Speaker 1: millions of books to children around the world, ensuring her
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  Speaker 1: extraordinary legacy, that it will live on far beyond the stage.
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  Speaker 1: It is wild, isn't it, to think that those closest
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  Speaker 1: to her did not believe this. They knew, they all
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  Speaker 1: knew she was struggling, but they just thought she would
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  Speaker 1: struggle on. There is nothing that Dolly could be defeated by,
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  Speaker 1: except death. Sources familiar with the situation say loved ones
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  Speaker 1: started to rush to Nashville when they knew she'd been
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  Speaker 1: hospitalised on Friday. They rushed to Nashville. However, not all
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  Speaker 1: of them made it there in time. She held on
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  Speaker 1: as long as she could. Tragically, some relatives hoping to
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  Speaker 1: see the 80-year-old, they didn't arrive before her death Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: morning at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre. Her declining health had
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  Speaker 1: forced her to cancel lots of appearances. We knew something
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  Speaker 1: was up. This is very important. The grieving family are
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  Speaker 1: planning a very small and intimate ceremony in Nashville. For
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  Speaker 1: those close relatives and loved ones, it's not going to
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  Speaker 1: be a big public event at first. It's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a very private send-off. That's how Dolly wanted it.
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  Speaker 1: Sources tell me she had planned all this. While relatives
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  Speaker 1: might be surprised that Dolly has passed, Dolly is not.
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  Speaker 1: Not only was she an extraordinary human being, an artist,
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  Speaker 1: she was an incredible business person. She knew the power
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  Speaker 1: of the business, and all her businesses will be just fine.
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to a source very close to Dolly, and
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  Speaker 1: they said her will, her last will and testament, was
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  Speaker 1: completely buttoned up. There were no loopholes, and what she
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  Speaker 1: wants is the Dolly Parton Foundation to make sure her Dollywood,
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  Speaker 1: her library, all the things that are so important to her,
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  Speaker 1: all the charities that she supported with all her heart
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  Speaker 1: are funded. Also to her relatives. She comes from a
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  Speaker 1: very large family. She doesn't have children herself. Her husband
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  Speaker 1: has passed away, but her sister recently spoke out. She
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  Speaker 1: has nephews, she has family, and she wants to make
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  Speaker 1: sure all those family members are well looked after too.
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  Speaker 1: So once again, The private ceremony will happen very, very
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  Speaker 1: quickly in Nashville. And then I'm told there will be
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  Speaker 1: a larger public funeral or a celebration of this extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: life and legend. And I, my sources are saying, telling
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  Speaker 1: me that already Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Miley's her godchild.
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  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton is Miley Cyrus's godmother. All these people have said,
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  Speaker 1: whatever you need, if you want me to turn up
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  Speaker 1: and sing a song, if you want me to perform,
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  Speaker 1: whatever you need, She was beloved. She is beloved. She
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  Speaker 1: remained determined to keep working. Even in her final days,
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  Speaker 1: she said that there's still so many things I want
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  Speaker 1: to achieve. She did an interview with People magazine just
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  Speaker 1: a few days ago, and she sounded positive. She knew.
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  Speaker 1: She knew. But she didn't want us to know. She
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  Speaker 1: was old school. She didn't want us to know some
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest songs of all time. Let's be honest,
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  Speaker 1: she is the best-selling female country artist of all time.
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  Speaker 1: Not Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton. It is estimated, we knew
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  Speaker 1: it was more than 100 million. Some estimates have it
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  Speaker 1: as 200 million worldwide. Let's not forget, too, when Whitney
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  Speaker 1: Houston sang that song, it became a worldwide phenomenon. Dolly
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  Speaker 1: said she was in her car driving. She drove herself,
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  Speaker 1: which I love. And the song came on the radio.
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  Speaker 1: She said she nearly drove off the road. Dolly had
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  Speaker 1: to pull over, pull over and listen to the song.
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  Speaker 1: And she said she was sobbing, sobbing, sobbing. Award-wise, she
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  Speaker 1: has 11 Grammys. 11. That means you're really respected in
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  Speaker 1: the music world. Grammys are the snobby award. That's the
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  Speaker 1: elite of the elite. If you get a Grammy, great.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't get any Grammys, not so good. But
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  Speaker 1: to get that many, 11, that means you are beloved.
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  Speaker 1: She has 10 CMA Awards, 7 ACM Awards and Emmy,
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  Speaker 1: 3 American Music Awards, 2 Oscar nominations and an honorary
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  Speaker 1: Oscar too. She's also introduced into the Country Music Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame. in 1999 and the Rock and Roll Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame in 2022. Remember, originally she said she did
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  Speaker 1: not think she was eligible and it was wrong to
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  Speaker 1: give it her and she wouldn't accept it. And then
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  Speaker 1: she got it and she did accept it. She did
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  Speaker 1: turn up. Once again, this inspiration, this work she did
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  Speaker 1: for free books for children and inspired partly by her
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  Speaker 1: father's inability to read or write. Dolly Parton came from
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  Speaker 1: a dirt poor family. Her father, not her... Ancestors going
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  Speaker 1: back generations. Her father could not read or write. Dolly
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  Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that little children, kids around the world,
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  Speaker 1: had access to books. And so she founded the Imagination Library.
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  Speaker 1: That's going to be part of her legacy. Health problems,
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  Speaker 1: we have to talk about them. She has postponed shows recently.
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  Speaker 1: She had a sold-out run in Vegas at the Coliseum
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  Speaker 1: at Caesar's Palace, not at some tacky hotel. This was
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  Speaker 1: at Caesar's Palace. That's where Celine Dion played. That shows
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  Speaker 1: you the power of Dolly Parton. A lot of ageing
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  Speaker 1: pop stars, they still perform, but they don't perform on
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  Speaker 1: the level of Dolly Parton. She was at the peak,
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  Speaker 1: peak of her success. You do not get Caesar's Palace
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  Speaker 1: unless you are relevant, massive, worthy of it. And so, Dolly,
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  Speaker 1: you certainly were. Now, we should also say that she
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  Speaker 1: reflected on her legacy in an un- finished dreams, she
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  Speaker 1: said she hoped her work would be to continue helping
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  Speaker 1: people after she was gone, and that she was grateful.
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  Speaker 1: to have seen so many of her dreams come true
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  Speaker 1: dolly thank you you made our dreams come true who
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  Speaker 1: cannot think of a dolly parton song and have a
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  Speaker 1: wonderful memory you know exactly where you were you knew
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  Speaker 1: exactly what you were eating who you were with who
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  Speaker 1: you were singing along to. Dolly Parton, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: the music. Thank you for the films. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: the charity work. Thank you for being an amazing, amazing
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  Speaker 1: human being. I'm close to tears here. That's how much
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  Speaker 1: she meant. This one really stings, doesn't it? It really,
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  Speaker 1: really hurts. Let me end, not with our sign-off, but
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  Speaker 1: with Dolly's. She wrote these words. She sang these words.
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  Speaker 1: Other artists went on to sing them too, but Dolly,
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  Speaker 1: they will always belong to you. Dolly Parton, I will
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  Speaker 1: always love you. Rest in peace.