The world lost a legend this week in Dolly Parton, and it only takes a quick look at all of the celebrity tributes to see how many lives she touched. Heck, even the Big Brother Houseguests were talking about her, and they hadn’t even heard the sad news. Parton accomplished a lot in her 80 years, and her music is one of the biggest parts of her legacy. Whitney Houston also famously sang one of her iconic songs, “I Will Always Love You,” for The Bodyguard, and Parton describing her reaction to hearing it for the first time is an experience in itself.
The world has been recalling all of our favorite memories since Dolly Parton passed away on August 25 after a brief battle with cancer. She was 80 years old. So many tributes have included the song “I Will Always Love You,” and that feels like it reflects the world’s collective feelings about the singer herself. But I love what Parton had to say about Whitney Houston’s version of it. As she told Reese Witherspoon’s Shine On with Reese:
