Dolly Parton receives $100 million award from Jeff Bezos By Reuters

By Wealthy McKay

(Reuters) – Nation music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton acquired a $100 million prize from the “Bezos Braveness & Civility Award” given by Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos, an honor that acknowledges leaders who “pursue options with braveness and civility,” he mentioned on-line.

Bezos, who can be the proprietor of the house rocket firm Blue Origin, introduced the award on Friday alongside together with his longtime associate, information anchor Lauren Sanchez.

Sanchez mentioned on Instagram that Parton is “a lady who offers along with her coronary heart and leads with love and compassion in each facet of her work.”

“We will’t wait to see all the great that you just’re going to do with this $100 million award,” she mentioned.

Parton, in a video clip of the ceremony posted on-line, mentioned, “Wow! Did you say $100 million?”

“I feel people who find themselves ready to assist ought to put their cash the place their coronary heart is. I’ll do my finest to do good issues with this cash,” she mentioned

Parton, 76, a county, pop and gospel singer-songwriter, whose songs embrace, “I Will At all times Love You,” “Jolene,” and lots of different hits over the a long time, has been a longtime philanthropist.

She donated $1 million to Vanderbilt College’s Medical Middle to assist develop a vaccine throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parton, who this month was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, additionally has based a quantity charities together with the Dollywood Basis, which focuses on training in addition to poverty aid.

Bezos’ award was began in 2001, with prizes first going to activist Van Jones, who served as founding CEO of the REFORM Alliance and Dream Corps, and chef and humanitarian Jose Andres, who established World Central Kitchen, which offers meals within the quick aftermath of disasters.