Parton is known for having written and recorded the song in the 1970s, but it found massive popularity in 1992 when Whitney Houston covered the tune for her film The Bodyguard.
Her version of I Will Always Love You became one of Houston’s biggest hits and undoubtedly earned Parton a pretty penny in royalties.
During a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Parton was asked what she did with all the money she earned from the song, revealing she used them to purchase an office in a predominantly Black community. It was mostly just Black families and people that lived around there, she recalled. It was a whole strip mall. And I thought, This is the perfect place for me to be, considering it was Whitney.
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