America’s award-winning country music superstar, Dolly Parton, has died.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, declared on Parton’s Instagram that the music icon died at 80 without stating the cause of death.
Parton topped the Billboard country music charts 25 times and is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
According to reports reviewed by Daily Champion, Bryan Seaver announced Parton’s on behalf of the family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean. Sister, Sis, and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” Seaver says in the video.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality. As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it til now.”
According to an account by Business Insider Africa, Parton had suffered declining health in recent years, prompting her to share a video last fall in which she proclaimed, “I ain’t dead yet.”
On Aug. 21, Parton shared a health update with People, telling the magazine she was dealing with some “health issues.”
“You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health.”
She added, “Even though I’m still healin’, I’m still workin’! You know me as I’ve often said I’ve dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I’m gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life.”
The legendary singer and songwriter, famed for her towering hair and razor-sharp wit, topped the Billboard country music charts with 25 of her songs and won 11 Grammys, 10 Country Music Association Awards, and four People’s Choice Awards.
She also holds a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Throughout her life, Parton became a successful businesswoman, actor, philanthropist, and even theme-park owner as she rose to superstardom not just as a country artist but also as a humanitarian and LGBTQ+ advocate.
Parton was born in 1946 in a one-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was the fourth of 12 kids and grew up to the sound of Smoky Mountain folklore sung by her mother, Avie Lee Parton.
She often credited her mother and aunt for her musical abilities and her father, Robert Lee Parton, for her business savvy, which she wrote about in her book “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.”
Parton described her family as being “dirt poor” in a CNN interview in 2002.
“Although we had no money, I was rich as I could be,” Parton would sing in her hit song “Coat of Many Colors,” inspired by a coat her mother once made from scraps of fabric.
Parton began singing in her church at age 6. She taught herself how to play guitar on a homemade version of the instrument at 7 and got her first real guitar by 8.
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