Dolly Parton has paid tribute to actress Olympia Dukakis who died on Saturday (May 1) aged 89.Dukakis and Parton starred together in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias.
In a tweet sent earlier today (May 4) Parton remembered Dukakis as one of her “favourite” people to have ever worked with.“I was so sorry to hear that Olympia Dukakis had passed away,” Parton wrote.“She has been one of my favourite people that I have ever known or worked with.
I really got very close to her and felt like we were good friends. Even though I didn’t get to see her much, I thought of her often and knew that she was such a quality human being.
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