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Dolly Parton Quietly Volunteered as a Cancer Test Case So Future Patients Might One Day Be Saved

Dolly Parton Cancer Stella Parton

Dolly Parton, who died aged 80 on 25 August, spent years funding medical research before her final act of generosity (Credit: Pop Crave/X)

Dolly Parton spent her final days helping people she would never meet. Her sister Stella has revealed the country icon offered to let doctors test experimental drugs on her so future cancer patients might one day be saved.

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