{"id":2082486,"date":"2025-10-10T19:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2082486"},"modified":"2025-10-10T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:40:30","slug":"i-aint-dead-yet-dolly-parton-shares-update-after-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-aint-dead-yet-dolly-parton-shares-update-after-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I ain&#8217;t dead yet&#8217; &#8211; Dolly Parton shares update after health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"bf5f5ccc-4a08-47c2-a23a-87fc1f549291\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Frieda Parton, caused the world to hold its breath this week when she urged fans to &#8220;pray&#8221; for the star. After the 79-year-old pulled out of a Dollywood event, her sister&#8217;s words sparked immediate concerns that Dolly could be particularly unwell.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the country music singer lost her husband, <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-death\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-death\/\">Carl Dean<\/a>, in March after nearly 60 years of marriage. It wasn&#8217;t long before speculation following Frieda Parton&#8217;s words left fans fearing the worst about the beloved icon.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"bf5f5ccc-4a08-47c2-a23a-87fc1f549291-2\">However, the following day, on October 8, a buoyant Dolly posted a video to Instagram to reassure fans that she&#8217;s fine and had cancelled the event after some unaddressed health issues needed some attention.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Captioning the post &#8220;I ain&#8217;t dead yet,&#8221; Dolly says, &#8220;Everybody thinks I&#8217;m sicker than I am,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Do I look sick to you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The country singer does indeed look very well, and is dressed and ready to film some commercials for the Grand Ole Opry music venue in Nashville while addressing concerned fans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0a319c5a-1e36-462f-ab8b-698299989859\">&#8220;Anyway, I wanted to put everybody&#8217;s mind at ease,&#8221; she continues, adding, &#8220;Those of you who seem to be real concerned, which I appreciate, and I appreciate your prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She went on to explain that while her husband was unwell, she wasn&#8217;t taking care of herself. After putting off asking for a medical opinion about various things, once she&#8217;d gotten around to it, some health issues needed addressing, meaning some events needed to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-yBEuDMrevgZAM4PfNMpcvJ\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-yBEuDMrevgZAM4PfNMpcvJ slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dolly needed to be close to home to have her treatments, and her schedule simply had to be altered to accommodate her health needs.<\/p>\n<p>With her usual candid, humorous style, she also addresses an AI photo circulating, depicting fellow country star, Reba McEntire visiting Dolly at her deathbed.<\/p>\n<p>Laughing at the photos, she says of herself and Reba, &#8220;We both looked like we need to be buried!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"245a5ec8-3dc2-4275-b3ef-4aa25911d212\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/euNMp4omrWis7KRN6RGVvV-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Alamy)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"5b60c146-191f-4308-a1b5-6131d8d44229\">Wanting to dispel any rumours of her imminent departure from this world herself, Dolly adds, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of rumours flying around, and I figured if you heard it from me, you&#8217;d know that I&#8217;m ok.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She concluded, reassuringly, &#8220;I&#8217;m not ready to die yet. I don&#8217;t think God is through with me, and I ain&#8217;t done working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Freida Parton, meanwhile, stands by asking for prayers for her sister, despite what happened when she requested them.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Facebook, Frieda says, &#8220;I want to clear something up. I didn&#8217;t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She ended her post, &#8220;She&#8217;s strong, she&#8217;s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she&#8217;s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!&#8221;<\/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.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Frieda Parton, caused the world to hold its breath this week when she urged fans to &#8220;pray&#8221; for the star. After the 79-year-old pulled out of a Dollywood event, her sister&#8217;s words sparked immediate concerns that Dolly could be particularly unwell. 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