{"id":2075834,"date":"2025-10-07T22:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075834"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:51:32","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-freida-asks-fans-to-pray-for-country-legend-amid-recent-health-concerns-star-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dolly-partons-sister-freida-asks-fans-to-pray-for-country-legend-amid-recent-health-concerns-star-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s Sister Freida Asks Fans to Pray For Country Legend Amid Recent Health Concerns \u2013 Star Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2570px;\"><figcaption class=\"mtSubImg\"><span class=\"wp-desc-text\"\/> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Hilbun \/ AFF-USA.COM \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Freida Parton<\/strong>, <strong>Dolly Parton\u2019s<\/strong> sister, has asked fans to pray for the country legend amid unspecified <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/dolly-parton-misses-dollywood-ride-announcement-while-recovering-from-kidney-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately,\u201d Freida wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid08wRFJgMZX92rYCyD1hCC7pQypw5zgSepaGZDms5tGRdfWjHZGugY2k42s47Yu2ynl&amp;id=61577998989224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> on Tuesday, October 7. \u201cI truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been led to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s strong, she\u2019s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she\u2019s going to be just fine,\u201d she continued. \u201cGodspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, the \u201cJolene\u201d singer, 79, announced she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/dolly-parton-puts-vegas-residency-on-hold-due-to-health-challenges-says-she-needs-to-slow-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">postponing her Las Vegas residency<\/a> by almost a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the fans and public to hear directly from me that, unfortunately, I will need to postpone my upcoming Las Vegas concerts,\u201d Dolly wrote in a message shared on Instagram on September 28.<\/p>\n<p>The post also listed the revised tour dates with her December 2025 dates being pushed back until Fall 2026.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1624px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23534\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1614\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-scaled.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dolly-parton-02-1291x2048.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1614px) 100vw, 1614px\"\/><figcaption class=\"mtSubImg\"><span class=\"wp-desc-text\"\/> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumeimages \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same day, it was announced that two of the Dollywood amusement parks she co-owned with Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation had closed. The parks were both located in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese centers have played an important role in their communities, and we\u2019re incredibly grateful to the hosts who\u2019ve created so many joyful memories for families,\u201d CEO <strong>Andrew Wexler<\/strong> said in a statement to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/gwinnett-county\/today-is-your-final-day-go-this-gwinnett-amusement-park-closing-after-decades-business\/3WFWWRMDBVHGPIFD7YPRBUCKJI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>. \u201cThis decision is in no way a reflection on the hosts or the quality of the experiences offered, but rather a recognition that Family Entertainment Centers operate differently than the types of attractions we are best structured to support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source starmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtis Hilbun \/ AFF-USA.COM \/ MEGA Freida Parton, Dolly Parton\u2019s sister, has asked fans to pray for the country legend amid unspecified health issues. \u201cLast night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately,\u201d Freida wrote via Facebook on Tuesday, October 7. 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