Moves have been made to halt plans to erect a statue of Dolly Parton on the grounds of Nashville’s State Capitol government building.
Although only by Dolly Parton herself, who thinks that now might not be the best time.“Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time”, says Parton in a statement.A bill was proposed by a Democrat member of the Tennessee House Of Representatives, John Windle, last month, aiming to honour Parton for her contributions to music and philanthropy – the latter recognising her work in child literacy, but also the million dollar donation she made to research that contributed to the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.Introducing the bill, Windle.
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