Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death
26-08-2026 21:45 via thestranger.com

Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death

Around 10:53 am on Tuesday, August 25, news broke that Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country, died in Nashville at 80. I raced to Scarecrow Video and scrambled upstairs to the Musicals section to grab a copy of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas before it was gone. On the television above the register, Rhinestone, the 1984 romcom in which Parton stars opposite Sylvester Stallone, was on. Her angelic cloud of platinum curls glittered in a dark bar on screen.I wasn’t the only one in a rush fo
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