Opinion: Remembering Dolly Parton

She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2990x1962+0+0/resize/2990x1962!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2Fb1%2F02839d2f44f8abddf9d943377d7f%2Fap8910091639.jpg' alt='Country Singer Dolly Parton at the 1989 Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Oct. 9, 1989.'/><p>She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.</p><p>(Image credit: Mark Humphrey/ASSOCIATED PRESS)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5941650' />