Dolly (sheep)
Dolly was cloned by Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics, based near Edinburgh. The funding for Dolly's cloning was provided by PPL Therapeutics and the Ministry of Agriculture. She was born on 5 July 1996 and died from a progressive lung disease five months before her seventh birthday (the disease was not considered related to her being a clone). She has been called "the world's most famous sheep" by sources including BBC News and "Scientific American".
Dolly!
In the mid-1970s, Parton was approached by Bill Graham, president of Show Biz, Inc., the same company that produced "The Porter Wagoner Show" (on which Parton had costarred for seven years), and soon afterward the syndicated variety show "Dolly" was born.