We all now know what caused legendary country music singer Dolly Parton’s death.
As The Gateway Pundit’s Cassandra Macdonald reported on Tuesday, Parton has passed away at age 80.
Her passing was announced on her Instagram account in a video by her nephew, Brian Seaver, on behalf of the Parton family.
“My name is Brian 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 said.
Parton’s publicist Marcel Pariseau later revealed that the singer had died following “a brief battle with cancer.”
“After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” Pariseau said in statement.
It was previously reported that Parton had been struggling with health issues, including kidney stones and related infections.
These came right after the death of her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who passed away in March 2025 at age 82.
Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was the fourth of twelve children in a poor farming family.
She began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television, and moved to Nashville the day after high school graduation to pursue a music career.
As TGP’s Macdonald previously noted, in the 1970s, Parton became one of country music’s biggest stars with hits such as “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You.”
She even crossed over into acting with roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Steel Magnolias.
She released dozens of albums over the course of her career, sold more than 100 million records, and earned numerous awards. These included several Grammys and inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Parton was also known for her extensive philanthropy, most notably the Imagination Library, which has distributed millions of free books to children.
She also built an incredibly successful business empire that includes the Dollywood theme park.
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