{"id":906535,"date":"2026-09-23T11:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906535\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:44:14","slug":"dolly-parton-only-wanted-longtime-wig-and-makeup-artist-at-her-side-when-she-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906535\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Only Wanted Longtime Wig and Makeup Artist at Her Side When She Died"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton
\n Didn’t Want Family & Friends Wigging Out at Appearance
\n … Only 1 Made The Cut<\/p>\n

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\n September 23, 2026
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Dolly Parton <\/a>wasn’t keeping 9-to-5 hours on her deathbed … instead, she was closing up and refusing to allow most friends and family to see her — except for one essential worker.<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Dolly’s dying wish was that no one could see her on her deathbed because she didn’t want anyone to remember her in her fragile, dying state.<\/p>\n

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However … we’re told there was one exception to the rule — her longtime wig and makeup artist, Cheryl Riddle — because Dolly wanted to be all dolled up after she passed.<\/p>\n

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Our sources say Dolly figured Cheryl would see her anyway when she passed because she’d eventually have to do the hair and makeup regardless — so she was fine with her being by her side.<\/p>\n

Looks like Cheryl knocked it out of the park, too … because we’re told Dolly had an open-casket service — and she looked fantastic.<\/p>\n

Another person who saw her shortly before she died … her nephew — and recently removed<\/a> security head — Bryan Seaver<\/a>, who saw her the day before she passed. Others who tried to get in, like her siblings, were denied entry.<\/p>\n

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During Bryan’s visit with Dolly, we’re told Dolly reiterated to him that she wanted him to be the one to announce her passing … so, during the final day of her life, Bryan wrote the speech and recorded his announcement at her studio.<\/p>\n

As you know … Dolly passed away<\/a> last month after stepping away from the public eye amid a series of health issues.<\/p>\n

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We’ve since learned Dolly flew<\/a> all the way out to Germany for an experimental cancer treatment program … staying there for about a week before heading back to the USA. It’s unclear what the treatment entailed.<\/p>\n

No one can live forever … but Dolly clearly wanted to look good when she finally had to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Didn’t Want Family & Friends Wigging Out at Appearance … Only 1 Made The Cut Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-906535","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\/906535","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=906535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}