Well, dang. Dolly Parton is gone from this earth

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Just learned (saw it here, thank, you EOS) that Dolly Parton has died at 80. Such a story that woman had, such a person she was. Here are my two favorite songs that she wrote:

First, a memory from her childhood:

Then the song she wrote to her mentor [but not lover] Porter Wagoner, when she left his band to go out on her own to stretch her wings and become the woman she knew she was:

UPDATE: Here’s another side of this admirable woman: