Dolly Parton Sings With Young Fan With Down Syndrome [VIDEO]

Dolly Parton/Photo credit: YouTube
Dolly Parton/Photo credit: YouTube

By: Faith Rinker

We LOVE Dolly Parton! She’s talented, and sweet, and generous and knows how to take time for her fans. Recently Dolly met one of her biggest fans, Gage Blackwell, who she called “Gage Rogers” because she thinks the young boy with Down Syndrome kept up with her just as good as Kenny ever did.

In the videos with the young fan, Dolly sings with him, tells jokes and stories with him, and Gage thought it was the best thing EVER! He even tweeted “I love Dolly and I want to marry her!!!!” 

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Here are some more Dolly fun facts:

  • Amusement park rides aren’t for her.
  • She entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest and lost.
  • She spent a fortune to recreate her childhood home.
  • Parton is kind of Miley Cyrus’s godmother.
  • She’s received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan.
  • The cloned sheep Dolly was named after Parton.
  • She turned down Elvis’ request to cover “I Will Always Love You.”