Dolly Parton secretly spent a week in Germany last year undergoing experimental cancer treatment, according to a new report.<\/p>\n
The singer, actress and philanthropist took a private jet to Frankfurt in secret about a year before her death, TMZ reported on Sept 22, citing \u201csources familiar with the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
She died on Aug 25 at age 80 after a \u201cbrief battle with cancer,\u201d her nephew and publicist revealed to a world in shock, without defining the word \u201cbrief.\u201d The form of cancer she died of has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n
Parton had bowed out of several engagements in the preceding year. In a video cancelling her Las Vegas residency in May 2026, Parton mentioned she was suffering from some health issues that cropped up while she was caring for her late husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not clear whether Parton knew her diagnosis or prognosis at the time. She alluded to kidney stones and digestive issues but did not elaborate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am dealing with some health issues that I just didn\u2019t pay attention to when I was watching over Carl,\u201d she told People four days before her death, the same day she was admitted to the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Parton\u2019s sister Stella revealed in an interview after the singer\u2019s death that Parton kept her diagnosis close to the vest to avoid upsetting loved ones and fans. The world\u2019s shock and sadness at her death showed the family how loved her sister had been, Stella said, which has supported them in their grief.<\/p>\n
Parton felt that the treatment was effective and helpful in restoring some of her strength, TMZ reported. The Daily News reached out to Parton\u2019s representative for confirmation but did not hear back before publication time. \u2013\u00a0New York Daily News\/Tribune News Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton secretly spent a week in Germany last year undergoing experimental cancer treatment, according to a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,6675],"class_list":["post-908921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-na"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908921","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=908921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}