How Dolly Parton bought a mall thanks to Whitney Houston

You may not know it, but Whitney Houston's huge hit

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in 1992 was originally a Dolly Parton song that came out in 1973. Of course, with the success of the recovery, the queen of the country touched a big jackpot in the wake, or about 10 million dollars according to TMZ.

But when it came time to spend it, she wanted to pay homage to Whitney Houston by using it wisely.

Dolly Parton bought an entire shopping complex in what was the African-American neighborhood of Nashville at the time.

“I was like, 'Well, this is a wonderful place.'

(…) It was off the beaten track of 16th Avenue and I said to myself: “Well, I'm going to buy this place, the whole shopping complex” ”, she recalled during a passage in the show

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"Whitney's House"

“And I thought, 'This is the place for me,' putting myself in Whitney's shoes.

I thought that was great, I'm just going to be here with his people, who are also mine.

I love spending that money on a resort because I'm like, 'This is the house Whitney built,' ”continued Dolly Parton.

However, the godmother of Miley Cyrus did not specify what she had done with this shopping complex and how it could have served the neighborhood, but it can be assumed that the singer's activities generated economic benefits of one way or another. 

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