{"id":952464,"date":"2026-10-30T23:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952464\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:40:14","slug":"dolly-partons-niece-fired-from-museum-and-archive-job-amid-estate-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952464\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s Niece Fired From Museum and Archive Job Amid Estate Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Dolly Parton<br \/>\n                          Family Shake-Up Continues &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Niece Fired Amid Estate Battle<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:10 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261029_cb4acf5c374347ed8f61425117b3c50c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:66e14c02-32fc-4215-b574-829e82617822\" 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\/10\/cb4acf5c374347ed8f61425117b3c50c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Seaver dolly parton getty\" 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>&#8216;s estate shake-up is far from over &#8230; &#8217;cause TMZ has learned the late country legend&#8217;s niece has been fired just weeks after opening Dolly&#8217;s highly anticipated museum.<\/p>\n<p>Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ &#8230; the folks overseeing Dolly&#8217;s estate fired her niece Rebecca Seaver, the sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bryan-seaver\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Seaver<\/a>, on Thursday from her position overseeing Dolly&#8217;s archive and museum operations.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261029_def1e1d1ccbb4966b5b2d4f8cfd546a9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:66e14c02-32fc-4215-b574-829e82617822\" 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\/10\/def1e1d1ccbb4966b5b2d4f8cfd546a9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Seaver dolly parton instagram\" 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 Rebecca wasn&#8217;t the only one shown the door &#8230; her entire staff was also let go, though it&#8217;s unclear exactly how many employees were affected.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The firings come just weeks after Dolly&#8217;s Life of Many Colors Museum debuted September 29 inside her SongTeller Hotel in downtown Nashville. Rebecca, who served as the museum&#8217;s executive director, helped bring the project to life alongside Dolly&#8217;s sister, Rachel Parton George.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260924_a50e3e639e3541ae88b7d5fc25e70c7d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:66e14c02-32fc-4215-b574-829e82617822\" 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\/10\/a50e3e639e3541ae88b7d5fc25e70c7d_md.jpg\" alt=\"bryan seaver dolly parton getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported &#8230; Dolly&#8217;s manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/danny-nozell\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Nozell<\/a>, also fired Rebecca&#8217;s brother Bryan, who served as Dolly&#8217;s head of security for more than two decades, in September.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan and his security companies were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/22\/dolly-parton-nephew-bryan-seaver-termination-letter\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ordered<\/a> to vacate Dolly&#8217;s properties, including her Nashville home, museum, and warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The situation turned ugly &#8230; with Danny filing a lawsuit accusing Bryan of making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/22\/dolly-partons-manager-files-restraining-order-against-bryan-seaver\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threats<\/a> and attempting to pressure the estate for money. Bryan denied threatening anyone, claiming his messages were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported &#8230; Dolly saved an enormous collection of clothing, jewelry, and personal artifacts throughout her career, with sources telling us she had enough items to &#8220;fill a Nordstrom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dolly died August 25 at age 80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Family Shake-Up Continues &#8230; Niece Fired Amid Estate Battle Published October 30, 2026 1:10 PM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-952464","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\/952464","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=952464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}