Before a pair of sold out shows at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, Dolly Parton took the opportunity to remember the late Lynn Anderson while speaking to reporters.
"Lynn and I were buddies backstage," Parton told the media event. "We didn't hang out. We weren't, like, girlfriends, but you always have the friends that you have backstage that you enjoy more than others. We were, I guess, basically the same age. So she was having her hits, and I was having mine, and I just loved her to death. . . . She was a good gal. I'm gonna miss her. I made a quote this morning that said she's blooming in God's rose garden now."
Anderson passed away late last week after suffering a heart attack. She was perhaps best known for her classic song, "Rose Garden."
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