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Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death
The city consoles itself with DVDs and vinyl.
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,…
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