{"id":2076489,"date":"2025-10-08T07:05:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2076489"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:05:32","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-up-all-night-praying-as-singer-battles-health-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dolly-partons-sister-up-all-night-praying-as-singer-battles-health-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s sister \u2018up all night praying\u2019 as singer battles health problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Last month the singer postponed a scheduled Las Vegas residency, citing \u2018health challenges\u2019\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Freida Parton added that her 79-year-old sibling \u201chasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Last month, Parton postponed a scheduled Las Vegas residency, citing \u201chealth challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The country star had been due to perform six shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for Dolly: Live in Las Vegas in December, but rescheduled for September 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In a post on Facebook, Freida Parton said: \u201cLast night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cMany of you know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cGodspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-26838ee5_paddingbottom4 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft4 indo-26838ee5_paddingright4 indo-26838ee5_paddingtop4\" style=\"background-color:var(--color-grey-10);color:var(--color-text-grey-10)\" data-testid=\"embed-message-gdpr\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_system indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-b48c4984_inherit\">We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"indo-96da38cd_root indo-96da38cd_small indo-96da38cd_primary undefined\"><span class=\"indo-96da38cd_content\">Please review your details and accept them to load the content<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Parton\u2019s husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, died aged 82 in March this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Announcing the postponement of what would have been her first Vegas residency in more than 30 years, the Jolene singer wrote on Instagram on September 29: \u201cAs many of you know, I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cAs I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it\u2019s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIn all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see. You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cDon\u2019t worry about me quittin\u2019 the business because God hasn\u2019t said anything about stopping yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cBut I believe he is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Freida Parton later said in another social media update that she had not meant to make her sister\u2019s condition sound so serious with her earlier post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cI want to clear something up,\u201d she said on Facebook. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cShe\u2019s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cIt was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.\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 www.independent.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month the singer postponed a scheduled Las Vegas residency, citing \u2018health challenges\u2019 Freida Parton added that her 79-year-old sibling \u201chasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately\u201d. Last month, Parton postponed a scheduled Las Vegas residency, citing \u201chealth challenges\u201d. 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