{"id":592269,"date":"2026-09-06T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/592269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:50:44","slug":"dolly-parton-death-new-details-revealed-about-secret-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/592269\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton death: New details revealed about secret cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

New details have been revealed about Dolly Parton<\/a>\u2019s secret cancer battle in the wake of her death at age 80<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The country singer chose to keep her cancer journey \u201creal private\u201d according to her niece Jada Star, who explained why in a new interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton chose to keep her cancer diagnosis private in the weeks leading up to her death according to her family. \u00a0Jack Plunkett\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n

Speaking with Extra on September 1, Star spoke about the death of the beloved country icon<\/a> and revealed that she chose to hide the diagnosis so it didn\u2019t worry people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe never wanted to worry anybody. So I think it was just a shock,\u201d Star said of her aunt\u2019s death in late August.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The cancer Parton was diagnosed with has not been revealed publicly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Star explained the outpouring of love for Parton\u2019s family and the singer herself after her death has been \u201cbittersweet.\u201d <\/p>\n

But reflecting on her passing, Star admitted it has been \u201creally difficult\u201d and \u201cvery surreal\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of these tributes<\/a> have helped so much to help us all through it,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t remember a life without her. She would also tell us to start drying it up and start trying to get back to work and love each other real hard. She was just a trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jada Star said the tributes to her beloved aunt Dolly have been \u201cbittersweet\u201d. \u00a0Instagram\/@jadastarmusic<\/p>\n

Parton\u2019s death was first announced by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, who released a video message on her social media platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her reps followed up with a statement that read, \u201cOur beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand.<\/p>\n

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Dolly died on August 25, following a brief battle with cancer, her family shared the devastating news with the world. \u00a0Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly\u2019s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

She was\u00a0laid to rest<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend at an intimate funeral in Nashville, attended by a selection of her closest family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New details have been revealed about Dolly Parton\u2019s secret cancer battle in the wake of her death at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-592269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}