{"id":905280,"date":"2026-09-22T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905280\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:38:12","slug":"dolly-parton-secretly-traveled-to-germany-for-experimental-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905280\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Secretly Traveled to Germany for Experimental Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Dolly Parton<br \/>\n                          Flew to Germany for Experimental Cancer Treatment<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260921_5864e4dd302b4454881ac1cbde53ffb9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bb70d066-7dd1-4d04-a10d-f87f4f91d748\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5864e4dd302b4454881ac1cbde53ffb9_md.jpg\" alt=\"dolly parton germany getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dolly-parton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton<\/a> secretly traveled to Germany for an experimental cancer treatment about a year before her death &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ &#8230; Dolly privately battled cancer during the final year of her life and sought treatment overseas.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251120_0bc9719c2d93435a9796109e2e933c3b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bb70d066-7dd1-4d04-a10d-f87f4f91d748\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0bc9719c2d93435a9796109e2e933c3b_md.jpg\" alt=\"dolly parton getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told the music icon flew to Frankfurt on a private jet to undergo the treatment. It&#8217;s unclear exactly what the procedure involved &#8230; but our sources say Dolly remained in Germany for about a week before returning home.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Dolly believed the treatment helped restore her strength and felt it had been effective.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/28828b5cdb1c4892932bf3205716be18_md.png\" alt=\"082526 dolly kjal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dolly died August 25 following her private battle with cancer. As we first reported, Dolly&#8217;s death came as a sudden and unexpected shock to those closest to her &#8230; even though people in her inner circle knew she had been sick.<\/p>\n<p>Our sources previously told us when loved ones learned Dolly had been hospitalized and wasn&#8217;t doing well, they began rushing to Nashville to be by her side.<\/p>\n<p>Her family held a private ceremony, and she was laid to rest at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The exact type of cancer Dolly battled, and the nature of the experimental treatment, remain unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Flew to Germany for Experimental Cancer Treatment Published September 22, 2026 1:00 AM PDT Dolly Parton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-905280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}