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submitted 14 hours ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Music icon Dolly Parton has announced she will make a personal donation of $1m (£762,000) towards disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Speaking at an event in her home state of Tennessee on Friday, the 78-year-old said the money would come "from my own bank account".

Parton's local commercial ventures - including the Dollywood amusement park - would also donate the same amount to the Mountain Ways Foundation, which is aiding those affected by flooding in the region.

During her remarks, Parton broke into song, singing "Helene, Helene" to the tune of her 1973 hit Jolene.

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[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

Dolly Parton continues to do good things.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 57 points 13 hours ago

When Dolly finally leaves us, she better fucking be lying-in-state at the Capitol so the country can mourn her loss. Because I'm not religious, but she's as close to deserving sainthood as a person can get.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago

Her, Fred Rodgers, and........yeah, that's a short list. I'd add my grandmother there too, but nobody would know who I'm talking about.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

What is this Levar Burton slander?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I sure as fuck wouldn't add either of my grandmothers, but I'll take your word for it on yours.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 36 points 13 hours ago

Classy, as always.

Where’s Musk’s donation? Oh, right, empathy is for wokies.

[-] saruwatarikooji@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

As much as I don't like him, he was supposedly donating starlink equipment to help with connectivity in the area. I'm sure it comes with a host of caveats and gotchas but it's something at least

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 10 hours ago

He was claiming he had a helicopter that couldn't land due to FAA rules or some stupid crap. Whatever happened to that? The tweet reminded me of a troll in a forum who everyone is ignoring and he keeps shouting he's being shadow banned because he's right.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

He was claiming he had a helicopter that couldn't land due to FAA rules or some stupid crap

Seems unlikely.

There were plenty of private helicopters out there hauling emergency supplies in and people out as soon as the storm passed enough for them to land.

Unless musk's helicopter was trying to go it alone and getting in the way, instead of joining the coordinated effort, I'm gonna assume this is just another of his bullshit stories.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Unless musk's helicopter was trying to go it alone and getting in the way, instead of joining the coordinated effort

This seems incredibly likely knowing Musk and his history of being a galactic douchebag.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 hours ago

FWIW, he did the same thing with those trapped Thai kids in the cave. Then claimed sour grapes and called the real rescuer a paedophile. This is his MO.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 28 points 14 hours ago

Dolly Parton doing the work that Mike Johnson refuses to do.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 13 hours ago
[-] BeneGesseritWitch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

I really like the slowed down, sad Jolene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrfM711vXI

[-] incompetentboob@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

While it is a great remix, this is by far the best cover

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I prefer The Eldritch Horror Of Jolene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8fXWDRqRbw

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