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		</div><p>A statue of country music icon Dolly Parton could be added to the Capitol grounds in Nashville, Tennessee, if one state politician gets his way.</p>
<p>Democratic Representative John Mark Windle introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to honour Ms Parton “for all that she has contributed to this state”, news outlets reported.</p>
<p>Aside from her status as a music icon, Ms Parton is a lifelong philanthropist. She founded the Imagination Library, which sends books to children under the age of five across the world to improve child literacy, and her million-dollar donation to Vanderbilt University helped develop the highly effective Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Her advocacy for racial justice was recently celebrated in a mural in Nashville.</p>
<p>Mr Windle said the state capitol commission would invite input to develop a plan for the statue, including its design, and said it should face towards the Ryman Auditorium, where she sometimes performs.</p>
<p>No taxpayer money would be spent according to the bill, which would create a fund for private gifts, grants and donations to pay for the statue.</p>
<p>“At this point in history, is there a better example, not just in America but in the world, of a leader that is (a) kind, decent, passionate human being?” Mr Windle said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“(She’s) a passionate person who loves everyone, and everyone loves her.”</p>
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