{"id":901073,"date":"2026-09-22T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901073\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:28:19","slug":"dolly-partons-nephew-bryan-seaver-fired-amid-dispute-over-late-singers-600m-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901073\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s nephew Bryan Seaver fired amid dispute over late singer\u2019s $600m estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton<\/a>\u2018s nephew, Bryan Seaver<\/a>, who announced her death last month, has been removed from his position as her estate<\/a>\u2019s head of security.<\/p>\n

Seaver, the son of Dolly\u2019s sister Cassie Parton<\/a>, was informed he and his security companies were immediately dismissed from Parton\u2019s properties, TMZ<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

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Parton, pictured at Dollywood in 1993, died last month aged 80.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

This decision affects her Nashville home, museum, downtown residence and warehouse. <\/p>\n

Seaver and his team attributed the decision to Parton\u2019s long-time manager, Danny Nozell, and Pinnacle Bank, saying they were \u201cdismayed by the unexpected and, so far, unexplained actions\u201d taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain unshakably resolved to fulfil her final directive to protect her family, and we refuse to be intimidated by those whose actions we believe are being taken in bad faith and with the intent to profit from the life of someone who willingly gave so much,\u201d they told TMZ.<\/p>\n

Nine.com.au<\/a>\u00a0is not suggesting any wrongdoing has occurred and\u00a0has contacted Nozell and Pinnacle for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The termination letter reportedly said that Parton\u2019s properties and business interests are controlled by the DP Dean Trust and while Seaver\u2019s security role has been stripped, it has not affected his personal interest in the trust.<\/p>\n

Seaver had acted as Parton\u2019s head of security for more than two decades, a role previously held by his father, Larry Seaver.<\/p>\n

Parton, a 10-time Grammy winner, died on August 25<\/a> surrounded by family.<\/p>\n

The country singer\u2019s staggering fortune was estimated to be worth $US450 million ($600 million)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the details of her wishes are not publicly available, the singer had previously spoken on the importance of creating a will.<\/p>\n

\"Dolly<\/p>\n

Seaver, Parton\u2019s nephew, announced her death.\u00a0Instagram\/@dollyparton<\/p>\n

\u201cI would not want to leave that mess to somebody else,\u201d she said in a 2020 interview with Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cA word to all the other artists out there: If you haven\u2019t made those provisions, do that. You don\u2019t want to leave that mess to your family for people to have to fight over. You need to take care of that yourself, even if it\u2019s a pain \u2026 and it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2018s nephew, Bryan Seaver, who announced her death last month, has been removed from his position as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-901073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}