r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 17d ago
🕊️RIP 🕊️ Rest in Peace Dolly, we will miss you.
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u/Oh-Gi-Yu7052 17d ago
She’s an American hero. Putting books into the hands of millions of kids and personally financing medical research, plus her other actual charity work, put her on another level. RIP Queen
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u/Mrfixit729 17d ago
I strive to be more like her.
With varying results.
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u/RAWainwright 17d ago
WWDD is something I try to think about a lot in my life.
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u/Practical_Time3287 17d ago
what an amazing person. she is the complete opposite of the trash dominating our attention these days. may her wondrous spirit rest in peace.
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u/Adventurous_Fly2603 17d ago
I wish God took a different 80 year old blond person...
Rip ma'am. Wherever you are, you're in a better place than this.
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u/Theamuse_Ourania 17d ago
The stars in appalachia are going to look like rhinestones tonight. 😭
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u/Thin-Chemist409 15d ago
I heard about the loss of Dolly Parton to the world yesterday it sad me to hear such a great person had died. Today it’s affecting me more than yesterday that Dolly is gone. I’m in a depressed mood anyway and hear that such a good person has left their world makes me very sad.
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u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 17d ago
😢 🕊️ 🪦 🕊️
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u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire 17d ago
I literally found out from a response to a post earlier today. I had to look it up and was besides myself. She's been a legend through much of my life, and we lost a wonderous humanitarian and fantastic example of what it means to be a good person today.
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u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 17d ago
Ditto! I loved her and her music. She has always been a presence in my life through her music. 🎶
One of life’s truly good ones. 🩷
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u/jimmycoed 17d ago
She would have made a wonderful President. Not that she would want the job but she is exactly what this country needs in a leader.
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u/rainbowkitten0528 17d ago
The first time I ever cried because music moved me was when I was too young to remember, but my parents caught it on film. It was to Dolly’s I Will Always Love You. Later, when I realized I might be gay (I am) she made me cry again because of how open she was about tolerance and acceptance. I don’t know her so it feels ridiculous to break down over her death, but she was so important to who I am as a person and I feel devastated.
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u/17krista 🫧 Bubble Tea 🫧 17d ago
I’m so sorry. It’s not ridiculous to mourn someone who was important to you whether you knew them personally or not. She made such a positive impact on so many people and her loss feels personal. It is personal, because the world was a better place with her in it. Warm hugs to you!
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u/Cama_lama_dingdong 17d ago
She was one of our best examples of how easy it is to be kind and all the rewards received and given through said kindness.
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u/Sarah20221 17d ago
I had a terrible childhood growing up. My mother abandoned me at 7 yrs old, and I used to dream that Dolly was my real mom. Whenever I was down as a kid, I'd listen to her songs or watch her on tv (she was everywhere back then), and she genuinely would make me feel better. (She's sunshine in a bottle!) When I heard she died today, I cried. A lot. RIP Dolly (aka: mom💕)
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u/Ill_Consequence1755 17d ago
The world is a tad bit heavier tonight.
We will grieve and then rise, just like Dolly would expect.
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u/blueeyeshadowaz 17d ago
325 million books… the Moderna covid vaccine , and she had a groundbreaking music career… if we could only have the impact this humble and selfless woman had for humanity… our world would be a much better place!
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u/PopPalsUnited 17d ago
She was a real one.
The world lost a good soul and kind person.
Rest easy Dolly.
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u/prettybluefoxes 17d ago
Probably done as much for literacy rates in the US as any American president.
Out of her own pocket. Modern greasy tech billionaires take note.
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u/Shenanie-Probs 17d ago
People are already trashing her. We should downvote them for her. She couldn't be everything to everyone and speak about every injustice on earth. It's bothering me so much.
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u/Haunting-Context1735 17d ago
Does he know that she has LGBTQ+ family members and drug addicts in her family and that she never had any children? Those things don’t seem to be okay for anyone else, in his opinion.
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u/Lookin4FunVibes 17d ago
This woman is a great human being, her loss is the loss of a role-model! This quote demonstrates her open mind, and loving heart!
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u/oneyellowduck 17d ago
Dollys Imagination Library has gifted 332 MILLION books. Mmmmmmillion! That’s incredible. Thank you Dolly!
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u/RandomXDudeRedZero 17d ago
Dolly Parton was an angel, I have not read a single bad story about her. She will be missed.
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u/Sufficient_Art4824 17d ago
so can the republicans who claim such a meaningful connection to her just pess off?
She hated what you stand for.
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u/Oblivion_Six 17d ago
Wait, you mean she followed Christ? What a strange concept that so many other “Christians” can’t seem to do.
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 17d ago
People have been posting this quote to jk rowlings post about dolly. Let's see how long before she turns on her
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u/Abject-Honeydew4112 17d ago
What an incredible person! If everyone was half the human being she was, this world would be a much better place 🙏
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u/MajesticPickle3021 17d ago
A friend said today to my wife via text “There goes the Last Unicorn.” She wasn’t wrong.
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u/Garchompisbestboi 17d ago
She'll always be remembered for her own two greatest addictions:
helping people
having ungodly amounts of cosmetic surgery in an attempt to stave off the effects of father time on her face
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u/Chance_End_4684 17d ago
Dolly Parton was such a huge living legend, one that was also a force to be reckoned with. She will truly be missed by all of her fans and all those who she through her various contributions continues to help.
RIP Dolly🪦
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u/Copacetic9two 17d ago
I’ve been listening to her all night in memorandum. She truly lived the teachings of Jesus that so many claim to live by. The world needs more Dolly Partons. May God bless her.
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u/lllIllIIIllIlIIIIIII 17d ago
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such unity on this site. Even the conservative subs are full of folks mourning right now, and no one has a mean or snarky thing to say.
I hope I can live my life in a way that leaves that kind of impact on people, even if obviously on a much smaller scale. Her genuine kindness to everyone she met was incredible. RIP queen.
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u/Fluid_Actuary1729 17d ago
My thoughts; Dolly Parton was a country person to her soul, and country people take life as it comes. So many blessings to her family; if there’s a better plane, 100% sure that Dolly is in it.
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u/Akroness1962 17d ago
Will miss you so very very very very much! ! You were always the kindest most genuine person in public life! Thank you for being there for all of us fans and all the children you taught to read!
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u/MySpirtAnimalIsADuck 17d ago
Humanity is so we off today then we were yesterday with this lose, dolly was a gem and there will be less sparkle In the world forever now that’s she’s gone
RIP Dolly
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u/Bones_Alone 17d ago
Some things you should judge. If my mom and I didn’t judge my dad being a drunk, we wouldn’t be happy right now
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u/ozzynchainz 14d ago
You can also accept him as a flawed individual with vices and tell him how his drinking impacts your lives
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u/library-dayz 16d ago
I love Dolly don’t get me wrong, and the sentiment is fine, but maybe don’t compare people in the lgbtq community to drug addicts?
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u/Chaos_Theory1989 16d ago
In a different world, if she had been president, we would all have had affordable healthcare, food, childcare, and housing. Our food wouldn’t be poisoned, our environment wouldn’t be ravaged for profit… but here we are.
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u/Thin-Chemist409 15d ago
Who said anyone was judging Dolly Parton? What does she have to be judged for other than a wonderful woman a great country singer and one of the nicest people ever seen or known?
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u/Global_Nobody_4592 15d ago
Not only talented, but truly an amazing human being, it breaks my heart loosing someone so beautiful, when we’re dealing with the evil and vile creatures running our country 💔
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u/ToniNurse1 14d ago
That’s why you are ABSOLUTELY ONE OF A KIND 💖🥹! We just lost an angel walking on earth! She’s writing and singing in heaven! RIP DOLLY 🙏
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u/kingpest13 14d ago
When you have your self together you don't care what other people do as long as they're good folks.
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u/ChrisW6359 13d ago
Got to meet her. So down to earth. She and Keanu Reeves are my guidelines. When I am stuck and want to judge or hate, I ask, "What would Dolly or Keanu do?" Works every time.
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u/TheBoisterousGullet 17d ago
Who is Dolly Parton? Genuinely never heard of this person.
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u/kelpyb1 17d ago
She’s probably the most famous American country music star who also did a whole lot of good stuff with the money that comes from that such as literacy programs sending books to young kids for free, funding medical research, and disaster relief to name a few.
And on top of all that, by basically every account she was just a genuinely loving and kind person.
She’s an American icon in every sense of the word.
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u/yalateef11 17d ago
She was a very talented singer/songwriter. She was a brunt of a lot of jokes due to her public persona as a curvy blonde with big hair. But in reality she was a smart and savvy businesswoman. She had a wit and a great sense of humour. She was generous and kind. She had genuine grace. She’ll be missed.
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u/Bluemyselph 17d ago
If you worked for her, you know how much of a demon she was. He only thing she cared about was her public image.
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u/Frequent_Clue_6989 14d ago
MAGA here.
// Dolly speaks about LGBT+
Beautiful words. I agree. I know and love them, too. I just tremble at the sin they've accepted and tried to normalize. May God help my dear LGBT+ friends!
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u/Cpt_Riker 17d ago
And unlike so many top of the charts modern "artists", she didn't need computer software to sing.
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u/Cautious_Win2748 16d ago
Bet you all judge her cuz she believes in Jesus though haha
God bless you Dolly!
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u/PUuSTiNKA 17d ago
Dolly Parton was what we as people should all strive to be like...She was SIMPLY THE BEST!