Dolly Parton's death at 80 years old this week has sparked numerous tributes and sweet reflections on the Queen of Country Music's legacy. It's also shining a light on a symbol that played a significant role in Parton's life: the ******* erfly.
If you Google Parton's name on Wednesday, you'll see a flurry of ******* erflies across the screen, along with the words "We'll Always Love You." The 9 to 5 actor, who died after a "brief battle with cancer," has long incorporated ******* erflies into her work, making them a central theme of her 1974 track "Love is Like a ******* erfly" as well as using them in her clothing, stage shows and even in the logo for her Pigeon Forge, Tenn., amusement park, Dollywood, where the W is a pair of ******* erfly wings. She's also previously shared that she has pastel ******* erfly tattoos, which, like her other hidden tattoos, she got to cover scars.
In an interview with W Magazine in 2021, Parton explained why ******* erflies, which she "loved" all her life, were her favorite symbol.
"They didn't sting. They didn't bite, and they were so beautiful," she said. Parton explained that while growing up in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, she would get "lost in the woods," and "wander off" chasing after the insects from "one bush to another."
A gleaming pink ******* erfly greets guests outside of "Songteller," part of The Dolly Parton Experience, an all-new attraction at Dollywood theme park.
#butterflies
If you Google Parton's name on Wednesday, you'll see a flurry of ******* erflies across the screen, along with the words "We'll Always Love You." The 9 to 5 actor, who died after a "brief battle with cancer," has long incorporated ******* erflies into her work, making them a central theme of her 1974 track "Love is Like a ******* erfly" as well as using them in her clothing, stage shows and even in the logo for her Pigeon Forge, Tenn., amusement park, Dollywood, where the W is a pair of ******* erfly wings. She's also previously shared that she has pastel ******* erfly tattoos, which, like her other hidden tattoos, she got to cover scars.
In an interview with W Magazine in 2021, Parton explained why ******* erflies, which she "loved" all her life, were her favorite symbol.
"They didn't sting. They didn't bite, and they were so beautiful," she said. Parton explained that while growing up in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, she would get "lost in the woods," and "wander off" chasing after the insects from "one bush to another."
A gleaming pink ******* erfly greets guests outside of "Songteller," part of The Dolly Parton Experience, an all-new attraction at Dollywood theme park.
#butterflies
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