Dolly Parton’s Final Gift to the World | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 29, 2026 · 1m

In her final days, Dolly Parton, even facing her own health struggles, remained focused on helping others—telling her sister Stella she’d want experimental treatments tried if there was any hope they could help future patients. This reflects her lifelong generosity, from donating $1 million to Vanderbilt for COVID-19 research that contributed to the Moderna vaccine, to famously getting her shot on camera and rewriting “Jolene” to encourage vaccination. Dr. Naji Abumrad, who treated her and had known her since a 2013 car accident, was by her side at the end. His son Jad, creator of “Dolly…