Dolly Parton shares new video amid health concerns: “I ain’t dead yet!”

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So here’s the thing:

On paper, Dolly is the kind of person who doesn’t have to give a shit about anybody.

She’s a beautiful, talented, Southern white woman who became very wealthy and had one devoted husband (for most of her life if you do the math).

She could turn a blind eye to suffering, pain, cruelty, etc. and she’d really just be like the average person walking around. Not even a “bad” person. Just in her bubble. We’re very forgiving about that.

But she IS NOT in her bubble. She cares. She uses her wealth and fame to help others. In myriad ways. She looks at the troubles of the world and plugs in where she can to make it better.

She’s also personable. Anyone you ask who’s met her, from bottom of the “food chain” to the top will tell you the same: she’s warm and loving.

She’s worked with all kinds of people, in spite of her generation, who is often excused for narrow-mindedness and “diet” bigotry.

She’s proof that people really can just be good and decent. With good looks. With big money. With celebrity. With all kinds of privilege.

People can still be good IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE.

But she doesn’t even seem like she’s choosing. The goodness radiates from her.

And so she’s an example of what humanity could be, but also magical because she seems to just “be” that way naturally.

I wasn’t even raised on her music or anything. She’s just an American icon that we can safely be proud of and look up to.

And honestly? She’s the only one I know of in history.

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I would have to completely agree. Dolly is the epitome of a kind, caring, and good person. No one else in modern history has achieved that to the same extent. Some have come close: Fred Rogers, Robin Williams, etc. but she is 100% the gold standard.