She was offered the highest civilian honor in the United States twice. Twice, Dolly Parton said no.
The singer said in 2021 that the Trump administration offered her the Presidential Medal of Freedom on more than one occasion, but she declined: first because her husband was ill, and later because she did not want to travel in the midst of the pandemic.
What is curious, and the real reason she rejected it, was that Parton did not even consider herself deserving of the award, although she was grateful to those who believed she was.
The country music singer died at the age of 80.