When I was 15, I met Dolly Parton for the first time. By then, she was already a star with hits like “Jolene.” She was not, however, the superstar she would become.
My sister, a journalist in Nashville, was friends with Dolly, which is how I came to meet her. She was incredibly beautiful with the most unbelievable complexion I have ever seen. There aren’t words to properly describe her skin.
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