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\n\tNobody knows where they might end up, and the Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>crew definitely wasn\u2019t anticipating learning that Dolly Parton had died while they were right in the middle of shooting an episode indirectly about her. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tDolly Parton\u2019s Nephew Fights Restraining Order, Says Estate Is Twisting \u2018Friendly\u00a0Exchange\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tGone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in\u00a02026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tDolly Parton Makes Posthumous Appearance in Video At Awards Show Honoring Music Teachers: \u2018Thank You For Your\u00a0Passion\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\tIn an interview with Variety <\/em>about the long-running drama\u2019s 23rd season published Thursday (Oct. 15), showrunner Meg Marinis teased that one new episode centers around a Dolly Parton impersonator, which they wrote and started shooting before the country superstar died in August at age 80 after a cancer battle. \u201cWe were in the middle of shooting that storyline when Dolly Parton passed,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt was a story that was pitched out of our writers\u2019 room by the writer of episode three, Jase Miles-Perez,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe were laughing, and we thought it was a hilarious storyline and so endearing because, again, who doesn\u2019t like Dolly Parton? The impersonator storyline is so fun, but it was emotional over here, in particular for [director] Debbie [Allen]. She was directing that storyline when we had to walk over there and pull her aside and tell her what happened.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cObviously, it wasn\u2019t planned, but we were able to honor her with the storyline, and it must have been a trip,\u201d Marinis added. \u201cI don\u2019t understand how Debbie did that. We were literally filming the storyline that day on stage \u2014 and the title of that episode [\u2018It\u2019s All Wrong, But It\u2019s All Right\u2019] is a Dolly Parton song.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSeason 23 of Grey\u2019s <\/em>premiered the same day of the interview\u2019s publication, picking up after longtime stars Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver hung up their scrubs at the end of last season. The Shonda Rhimes-created show first premiered in 2005, but some fans have begun to wonder whether it\u2019ll return for a 24th installment.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNo one\u2019s told me that the end is coming, so for that I\u2019m grateful,\u201d Marinis said on that topic. \u201cI feel like because of what this show has done, they will give me a little bit of a heads\u2019 up. But it\u2019s always top of mind because of what you\u2019re seeing in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tParton\u2019s death has continued to reverberate across the music industry and culture as a whole. The beloved icon scored 23 career Billboard Hot 100 entries \u2014 including two No. 1 hits \u2014 as a soloist.<\/p>\n \n\tIn recent weeks, legal trouble has brewed between her estate and nephew Brian Seaver, who was also her longtime head of security and the one who announced her passing to fans in a video on her social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/greys-anatomy-dolly-parton-episode-written-before-she-died-1236361870\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P115RDFM-e1768587197133.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Nobody knows where they might end up, and the Grey\u2019s Anatomy crew definitely wasn\u2019t anticipating learning that Dolly Parton had died while they were right in the middle of shooting an episode indirectly about her. 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