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A lot of people would love to have a statue made of them in their home area – but not Dolly Parton. The country music legend has asked officials in her native Tennessee to stop plans for a statue in her likeness to go outside the state's Capitol buildings.
“I am honored and humbled by their intention, but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration,” Parton tweeted on Thursday.
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