Dolly Parton died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, 25 August, aged 80, after her representatives said she had faced a 'brief battle with cancer'. She died at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones, according to a statement provided to People.
The type of cancer has not been disclosed. Her representatives did not publicly connect the diagnosis to the unspecified health issues Parton had discussed days earlier, leaving some details of her final illness unclear.
