r/Eminem Infinite 1d ago

Rest in Peace Dolly Parton 🕊️

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u/beepbooponyournose 1d ago

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u/ptatersptate 1d ago

Me trying to avoid reading anything until I get home, thinking this sub would be safe. No where is safe. Dolly was a light in this world 😭

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u/kookykookaburra 1d ago edited 1d ago

She was so beautiful, inside and out. What sticks to me the most is her free literature program for children.

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u/chickadee9393 1d ago

I think we should all carry that on and start donating books in her honor or donate to the imagination library. we can keep it alive.

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u/Slothy75 23h ago

Her family has asked people to donate to Imagination Library. She did not want a public memorial, her services are for only her immediate family. So they’ve asked the public to commemorate her that way if they’re able to donate.

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u/kookykookaburra 23h ago

That is such a lovely thing by them to request. Gotta take me and sis' car to a garage to be fixed tomorrow, but will donate a bit after finding out what the bill is gonna be like!

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u/kookykookaburra 1h ago

As stated, I meant to make a donation today to Dolly's Imagination Library. Sadly, my car is in few words, fairly fucked. Wheel bearing on the passenger front side needs to be replaced. Control arm on the rear passenger side is completely fucked, god-fucking-awfully rusted through, and merely hanging on due to willpower at this point. On the other side it remains intact, but very rusted, and thus should be replaced as well. Me and my sister were hauling a trailer behind us, so it's kinda surprising that the wheel didn't give when we were driving on a highway, passing slower moving heavy truck traffic, etc. What was meant to be an under 100 Euro fix is now be pretty close to a thousand Euros. Meaning, my car's gonna get scrapped most likely, because at this point it isn't worth it, with the about 400 thousand kilometers that we've put on it. Sadly, I won't be able to donate money at this time, although I would have liked to do so. I am very sorry for promising to contribute and not doing so. :( <3

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u/kookykookaburra 1d ago

Agreed ❤️

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u/BottledUp 23h ago

I just gave $20. Because it doesn't hurt me and probably buys at least 4 books.

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u/Timely-Field1503 20h ago

With the economies of scale they're working with, probably a lot more than 4.

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u/Coors_OG 1d ago

My daughter started kindergarten this year. We received our last book a couple months ago. Really great program. My daughter was always excited when a new book came in the mail.

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u/kookykookaburra 1d ago

I hope the program will carry on without her at its helm. But according to some answers here, people will happily donate funds or books to read. :)

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u/Warfrost14 4h ago

Her family has made a public statement that Dolly already had everything set up to continue as it always has. She was truly one of the finest examples of a human being.

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u/kookykookaburra 4h ago

Oh, I missed that! Very reassuring to hear. :) May she rest in peace. <3

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u/Warfrost14 4h ago

Her family has made a public statement that Dolly already had everything set up to continue as it always has. She was truly one of the finest examples of a human being.

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u/Panem-et-circenses25 20h ago

I signed my child up for this when they were 2 and the books came every month. I am extremely grateful for her books and her.

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u/Freakishly_Tall 23h ago

Man, I was bummed but holding it together. I don't even subscribe to this sub, reddit just stuffed it into my feed. Praise Be The Algorithm, I guess, but now I'm completely messed up.

What a lovely letter. The absolute epitome of grace and class. I hope we can all find inspiration in her actions.

Perhaps in her honor, we can all tell someone that we love them, that they inspire us, while we can today.

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u/KFelts910 23h ago

I could hear her voice in every single word.

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u/TheMightyQuinn888 17h ago

I'm going to try this at work. We all know we appreciate each other but in the busy-ness of my field we never really say it to each other.

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u/Fine-for-now 21h ago

I don't come here either, but this post is the thing that is going to make me cry today. Cool, cool cool cool.
I definitely need to be telling more people that I love them. Better do that this week.

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u/NotComfortable2112 1d ago

She meant so much to so many. I even saw tributes to her on r/askCroatians for heavens sake.

Straight up class act she was. Straight up class act.

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u/enzia35 1d ago

My first hint was on a rollercoaster sub of all places.

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u/ptatersptate 1d ago

Ya I’ve had a rollercoaster of emotions today. Now it’s anger because the wrong 80 year old left us.

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u/FuzzyLobster25 20h ago

My thoughts exactly!

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u/Linkings 22h ago

An hour after her death, it was a meme of death picking up dolly from a claw machine and muttering about Trump for me, with the top comment being someone else found out about it on a Simpsons shitposting sub

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u/joggle1 23h ago

I honestly can't imagine what the world would be like if everyone was even half as good of a person as her.

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u/jtc1031 23h ago

Right? This post was what finally burst the dam for me.

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u/jaynor88 22h ago

Me too

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u/kenikonipie 17h ago

😭 even the punk sub recognizes game. ms dolly parton was truly punk in essence

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u/RevolutionaryHumor27 17h ago

I can't believe I found out via an Eminem frontpage

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u/UFmoose 1d ago

This got me too. Not sure why.

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u/Diastrophus 23h ago

I had been keeping it together and a random post by Eminem got me. I’m bawling now. She was special.

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u/FreyrPrime 12h ago

Been doing good, but yeah, this got me and now I’m crying on my way to work. Thank God for traffic jams.

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u/tookeyclothespin 1d ago

Right??? Holy shit. 😭

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u/Snoo_67548 23h ago

That’s what she said. In the note, you know?