Dr. Oz featured Dolly Parton at his video channel on August 25, 2026, at this link:
Dolly Parton Opens Up About Depression, Health, and Her Mission to Help Children | Oz Celebrity
Dolly's big donation to Moderna's vaxx efforts:
"Dolly Parton died at 80 at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, according to a statement from her publicist, who said she had faced a brief battle with cancer. The type of cancer was not disclosed.
The family statement named the part of her legacy that belongs in a health publication. Alongside the books her literacy program distributed, it cited her role in "funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world."
"That reference points to a specific, documented gift. In April 2020, Parton donated one million dollars to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to support work against COVID-19, made in honor of Naji Abumrad, a professor of surgery there and a longtime friend. According to Vanderbilt Health News, the funding supported research that contributed to the development of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Parton later received her own dose at Vanderbilt."
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"I'm old enough to get it and I'm smart enough to get it... " says Dolly Parton from Nashville Tennessee back in March 3, 2021 video shown below here:
At this link: Dolly Parton sings and gets COVID vaccine shot - YouTube
More here: The Dolly Parton COVID Vaccine Link - YouTube
From 1977 interview with Barbara Walters here: On the road with Dolly Parton in 1977
