Dolly Parton has granted a dying man’s Christmas wish.
The singer called Utah resident LeGrand Gold, who grew up in Tennessee just like Dolly, 77, after learning one of his bucket-list items was to get in touch with her before he died.
Gold made his list with his wife Alice Gold after he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2019. Among the 11 dying desires was to “meet Dolly Parton”.
He told KSL-TV about how he had been resigned to Parton never getting in touch: “I thought, ‘Well, it’s never going to happen’.”
But after the dad-of-five was told his cancer was “spreading” and his chemotherapy was “not working any more” Parton heard about his plight and called the Gold family.