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| December 13, 2006 |
| Dolly Parton pledges $500,000 to hospital |
Honoring the country doctor who delivered her, Dolly Parton pledged $500,000 to a $90 million hospital and cancer center in her Smoky Mountains hometown.
"I have wonderful, wonderful memories of Dr. (Robert F.) Thomas," Parton said Tuesday in a surprise appearance at a dinner hosted by health care provider Covenant Health to celebrate state approval of the new hospital.
"I know the grand vision of this hospital would have made Dr. Thomas proud," the country music star said of the physician who delivered her in 1946.
"Daddy paid him with a sack of cornmeal," she laughed. "And I've always joked that I've been raking in the dough ever since."But she hasn't hesitated to share that wealth, particularly with her native Sevier County.Parton, 60, is honorary chairman of the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation, which plans to raise $10 million for a 79-bed hospital and cancer patient center in Sevierville.
Dolly Parton: http://www.dollywood.com/ |
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