Dolly Parton: Science Icon
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Dolly Parton, who died at age 80, left a scientific legacy including a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University that directly supported Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine development, $2 million to pediatric cancer and infectious disease research, the world's largest non-releasable bald eagle sanctuary at her theme park Dollywood, and the Imagination Library program that has mailed over 330 million free books to children in five countries since 1995.
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