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Dolly Parton's Final Song Locked Away for 20 Years as Heartbreaking Message Emerges After Death Aged 80
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TL;DR
- An unreleased song by Dolly Parton, 'My Place in History,' is sealed in a time capsule until January 19, 2046.
- The date marks what would have been her 100th birthday.
- The time capsule, a chestnut box, also contains her book 'Dream More' and timber from her childhood home.
- The chestnut wood is a tribute to her uncle Bill Owens, who helped launch her career.
- Dolly Parton expressed agony over the wait to hear the song in a 2022 interview, acknowledging she might not be alive to hear it.
- Tributes have flooded in from global figures including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Sir Paul McCartney, and Donald Trump.
- The Band of the Coldstream Guards performed '9 to 5' at Buckingham Palace in her honor.