DOLLY Parton is a global superstar, thanks to her incredible career as a singer and actress.
The iconic musician and movie star amassed quite an amount of wealth, which she utilized to donate to the Moderna vaccine funding in 2020.
What is Dolly Parton’s net worth?
Dolly Parton is one of the most legendary musicians across the globe and is highly recognized for her contributions to music and entertainment.
Dolly’s popular songs include I Will Always love You, Jolene, Islands in the Stream, Coat of Many Colors, and other timeless hits.
According to Billboard and other music industry experts, Dolly sold over 100 million records throughout her career.
An accomplished actress, Dolly appeared in the films 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and various other films.
Since her rise to fame in the late 70s, she accumulated a net worth of $600 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Did Dolly Parton donate to the Moderna Covid vaccine?
Dolly is being hailed as a Covid “savior” after donating $1million to help fund the Moderna vaccine.
The iconic country singer donated the money back in April 2020 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for coronavirus research
In November 2020, US company Moderna announced its vaccine maybe 94.5 percent effective against the killer respiratory disease and Parton is name-checked in the preliminary report.
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the report states that the work was supported by the “Dolly Parton Covid-19 Research Fund” among other groups.
In December, the Food and Drug Administration announced it had “issued an emergency use authorization” for Moderna’s Covid vaccine. It was the second vaccine to get the emergency use authorization.
Did Dolly Parton receive the vaccine?
On March 2, 2021, Dolly shared a video of her receiving the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, the same vaccine she helped fund. She captioned the video, “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.”
The singer even sang “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate” to the same tune as her hit song Jolene.
In the video she receives the vaccine, telling viewers it didn’t hurt and hoped it encouraged others to get their shot as well.
Dolly became friends with Dr Naji Abumrad of the Vanderbilt Institute when he treated her in 2014 following a car crash.
In early 2020, the scientist told Dolly that his team was making “some exciting advancements” in the search for a cure of the virus.
She then donated $1million to help fund the research and encouraged other wealthy people on Twitter to do the same.
The singer told the BBC: “I’m sure many, many millions of dollars from many people went into that (research fund) but I felt so proud to have been part of that little seed money that hopefully will grow into something great and help to heal this world.
“Lord knows we need it!”
