When I was 15, I first met Dolly Parton. 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 met her. She was incredibly beautiful, with the most unbelievable complexion I have ever seen. Words can’t properly describe her skin.
It glistened like glass and was pure w…