Overview

• Dolly Parton surprised a terminally ill fan, LeGrand 'LG' Gold, with a phone call, fulfilling an item on his bucket list.
• Gold, diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer in 2021, was recently told that his treatment was no longer working and the cancer was spreading.
• During the call, Parton thanked Gold for being a devoted fan and serenaded him with her song 'I Will Always Love You', inserting his name into the lyrics.
• Gold's wife Alice filmed the phone call and described the experience as the 'best Christmas ever'.
• Gold, a father of five, is a lifelong fan of Parton and has visited her Dollywood theme park multiple times.