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The Shaw Report - Dolly Parton Tribute: Dolly Was Loved For Being Dolly. · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: The Shaw Report. Dolly Rebecca Parton-Dean was born on January 19, 1946,
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  Speaker 1: in a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little
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  Speaker 1: Pigeon River in Pittman Centre, Tennessee. She was the fourth
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  Speaker 1: of 12 children, born to Harvey and Robert Lee Parton Sr.
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  Speaker 1: And as you heard in the news, Dolly Parton has
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  Speaker 1: died overnight at the age of 80, and it's like
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  Speaker 1: the whole world has gone into mourning. So much was
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  Speaker 1: this woman adored, and not just in the country music world.
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  Speaker 1: Dolly was loved for being Dolly, a singer, an actress,
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  Speaker 1: and by all accounts, a really good time. Her debut album,
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  Speaker 1: Hello I'm Dolly, was released in 1967. Beginning a career,
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  Speaker 1: although she did have a song when she was 13,
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  Speaker 1: Puppy Love.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Beginning a career spanning 60 years and 50 studio albums,
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  Speaker 1: she was one of the most honoured female country performers
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  Speaker 1: and received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards, three Emmy
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  Speaker 1: Awards and the Jean Herschelt Humanitarian Award. There were also
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  Speaker 1: nominations for two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards and
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  Speaker 1: a Tony Award. Dolly sold more than 100 million records worldwide,
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  Speaker 1: making her one of the best-selling music artists ever. She
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  Speaker 1: wrote more than 3,000 songs over the years, some of
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  Speaker 1: the most iconic being 9to5, Coat of Many Colours, Jolene,
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  Speaker 1: and of course in 1974, a two-time chart topper and
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  Speaker 1: international hit for Whitney Houston that sold 40 million copies worldwide.
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  Speaker 1: As an actress, she received Golden Globe nominations for both
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  Speaker 1: 9 to 5 and, who could forget, the Best Little
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  Speaker 1: Whorehouse in Texas.
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  Speaker 2: Don't touch that dial. The proprietor of this innocent-looking ranch
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  Speaker 2: is a woman known only as Miss Mona. And the
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  Speaker 2: man who.
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  Speaker 1: Turns his back is Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm always ready, Ed.
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  Speaker 1: And in 1989, she was part of the incredible ensemble
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  Speaker 1: cast of women in steel magnolias playing Truby Jones, owner
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  Speaker 1: of the home-based beauty salon that is so central to
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  Speaker 1: the story.
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  Speaker 2: There is no such thing as natural beauty. There is
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  Speaker 2: no such thing as natural beauty. You remember that or
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  Speaker 2: we're all out of a job. Well, just look at
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  Speaker 2: me now. It takes some effort to look like this.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I can see that. So Dolly was a singer,
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  Speaker 1: songwriter and actress, but she definitely considered one first and foremost.
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  Speaker 2: I take myself more serious as a songwriter than anything else.
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  Speaker 2: And if I had to give up every other part
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  Speaker 2: of the business, I would choose to be a writer.
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  Speaker 1: And you don't rack up 3,000 plus songs without going
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  Speaker 1: with the moment when it grabs you. And Dolly said
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  Speaker 1: it could grab you at any moment.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be walking through the house going to do something
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  Speaker 2: else and I'll have a basket of laundry or something
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  Speaker 2: and I'll see my guitar sitting there and all of
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  Speaker 2: a sudden I'll set the basket down, go get my
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  Speaker 2: guitar and sit down for a minute and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I may write a song and I may get back
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  Speaker 2: to the laundry, I may not.
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  Speaker 1: LAUGHTER Dolly invested much of her earnings into business ventures
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  Speaker 1: in her native East Tennessee. She was a co-owner of
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  Speaker 1: the Dollywood Company. which operates the theme park Dollywood, a
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  Speaker 1: dinner theatre, Dolly Parton Stampede, the water park Dollywood Splash
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  Speaker 1: Country and the Dream More Resort and Spa, all in
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  Speaker 1: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Dollywood is among the 20 most popular
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  Speaker 1: theme parks in the United States, welcoming millions of visitors
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  Speaker 1: every year. Dolly was married to Nashville native Carl Dean
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  Speaker 1: for 59 years up to his death last year. She
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  Speaker 1: adored him deeply. He ran a road and driveway paving
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  Speaker 1: business in Nashville for decades. He always shied away from
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  Speaker 1: the publicity surrounding Dolly. He never went to public events
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  Speaker 1: with her. And according to Dolly, only ever saw her
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  Speaker 1: perform once. They renewed their vows on their 50th anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: They never had any children, but she was godmother to many,
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  Speaker 1: including Miley Cyrus. Dolly died last night in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: According to People magazine, she'd been hospitalized four days earlier.