\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPatricia Resnick, who wrote the story for \u201c9 to 5\u201d and co-wrote its screenplay alongside Higgins, also lovingly remembered her friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs everyone knows, she was the most wonderful person in the world, and she would write a song faster than anyone I\u2019ve ever known,\u201d she told Page Six exclusively.<\/p>\n
Resnick recalled how Parton \u201cwould work for 12 hours, go back to her trailer and write another song, bake brownies for the cast and crew and then come out and sing, \u2018Happy Birthday.’\u201d<\/p>\n
The writer said she never heard the famously kind star raise her voice and added, \u201cI never heard her say anything negative about anyone.\u201d<\/p>\nDabney Coleman, who also starred in the film, died in 2024. (He\u2019s seen above in a promotional image for the film alongside Fonda, Tomlin and Parton.) 20th Century Fox Licensing\/Merch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nParton also wrote the movie\u2019s theme song, which became a huge hit. (Parton is seen here with Tomlin and Fonda at the 2017 Emmys.) AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe latest news on music icon Dolly Parton\u2019s death at 80<\/h2>\n Parton also wrote the movie\u2019s eponymous theme song, which garnered her an Oscar nomination and two Grammys. The song became something of an anthem for office workers and women\u2019s rights, and is considered a classic to this day.<\/p>\n
The song was also featured in a musical theater adaptation of the film, featuring a book by Resnick and numerous new songs by Parton.<\/p>\n
Megan Hilty, who played Parton\u2019s character on Broadway, posted a sweet photo<\/a> of the two of them following the news of the singer\u2019s death.<\/p>\nPatricia Resnick, who wrote the story for the \u201c9 to 5\u201d film and the book for its Broadway musical adaptation, also remembered the singer as a \u201cwonderful\u201d person. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cShe made more of an impact on me than I can express,\u201d wrote Megan Hilty, who played Parton\u2019s \u201c9 to 5\u201d character on Broadway. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cShe made more of an impact on me than I can express in an Instagram post and this deep and profound loss will take quite some time to process,\u201d Hilty wrote. \u201cI am so grateful to have been in her orbit and we are all so lucky this actual angel walked among us. \ud83e\udd8b\u201d<\/p>\n
Publicist Wayne Wolfe, who worked on the Broadway show, told Page Six the \u201cJolene\u201d singer was \u201cby far the most lovely soul I\u2019ve ever worked with. Whether you were in the room alone with her or in a room with a thousand people, she was the same Dolly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible loss,\u201d he continued. \u201cShe was the most professional, smartest, nicest person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parton\u2019s death was announced by her nephew on Tuesday, following a sudden decline in her health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n