Dollywood will continue welcoming guests following the death of its beloved namesake, Dolly Parton, with the Tennessee theme park revealing that keeping the gates open was exactly what the country music legend wanted. Parton died Tuesday, August 25, at the age of 80,...
Somewhere deep in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, a young boy’s life just peaked — and the internet was lucky enough to witness it. During the Dollywood season-opening parade in Pigeon Forge, one kid had a full-on emotional supernova when none other than Dolly Parton herself locked eyes with him. Not a cardboard cutout. Not a distant impersonator. The Dolly Parton. The moment was caught on video, and it’s everything your heart didn’t know it needed.