In March 2020, as COVID-19 surged around the globe, Dolly Parton announced that she was making a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to support research into treatments for the new coronavirus. The university later confirmed that the money was used to create the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund, which supported early-stage research that led to the COVID-19 vaccine

In March 2020, as COVID-19 surged around the globe, Dolly Parton announced that she was making a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to support research…

While the music industry is in mourning following the loss of Dolly Parton, her legacy extends far beyond music and entertainment. Here we look at just some of the charitable…