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  "title": "5 Things About Dolly Parton You Didn’t Know: From Producing ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ to the COVID Vaccine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/5-things-about-dolly-parton-you-didnt-know-from-producing-buffy-the-3586788",
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  "published": "2026-08-26T19:48:37.000Z",
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  "summary": "The inimitable, irreplaceable Dolly Parton died Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 80. The country legend and cultural icon was perhaps our last universally beloved celebrity, bridging the widening political and social divide in America. In addition to creating classic tunes like “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” selling over 100 […]",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "What type of cancer did Dolly Parton have? Fact-checking wild claims about COVID vaccine as Jolene singer dies at 80",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/what-type-of-cancer-did-dolly-parton-have-fact-checking-wild-claims",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:27:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Dolly Parton’s final weeks: Country icon kept cancer fight private before death at 80",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/dolly-partons-final-weeks-country-icon-kept-cancer-fight-private",
        "published": "2026-08-26T09:19:28.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children's books to supporting Covid vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/how-dolly-parton-helped-the-world-from-childrens-books-to-supporting",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:11:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Dolly Parton once gave $1 million to help develop the Moderna COVID vaccine at Vanderbilt: ‘I’m kind of addicted to the feeling of giving’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/dolly-parton-once-gave-1-million-to-help-develop-the-moderna-covid",
        "published": "2026-08-26T15:28:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "5 Things About Dolly Parton You Didn’t Know: From Producing ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ to the COVID Vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/5-things-about-dolly-parton-you-didnt-know-from-producing-buffy-the",
        "published": "2026-08-26T19:48:37.000Z"
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