'Ain't dead yet,' says Dolly Parton amid health rumors DW 10/09/2025
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'Ain't dead yet,' says Dolly Parton amid health rumors  DW  10/09/2025
""I ain't dead yet!" Parton declared on Instagram on Wednesday as she seemed to post a video of herself from the set of a shoot. On Tuesday, the Grammy winner's sister, Freida Parton, shared a post which some people saw as indicating that Dolly's recent health problems were terminal."
""Do I look sick to you? I am working hard here," the "Jolene " singer said in the two-minute video as she was seen donning a red and black country western outfit. Dolly Parton said she had neglected herself after her long-time husband Carl Dean's death in March, but was now undergoing treatment "There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you would know that I was okay," she said. Parton added that she was not "not ready to die yet" and wasn't "done working"."
""Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn't been feeling her best lately," Freida Parton wrote on Facebook."
Dolly Parton used social media to reassure fans after her sister's Facebook post prompted concerns that her health was terminal. The 79-year-old posted a video declaring she was alive and working, appearing on a shoot in a red and black country western outfit. She said she had neglected herself after husband Carl Dean's death in March, that she is undergoing treatment, and that she is not ready to die. Parton recently postponed Las Vegas shows for unspecified health issues and is slated to receive an honorary Oscar in November.
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