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Dolly Parton Dies at 80 After Brief Cancer Battle
Dolly Parton was a famous country singer and actor.
Her team said she died at age 80 after a short battle with cancer.
She died at a cancer center with people who loved her nearby.
Dolly had recently said she was having health problems.
She said she had not paid enough attention to them while caring for her husband, Carl Dean.
Carl died the year before after being sick for a long time.
Dolly and Carl had been married since 1966.
Dolly often spoke about how much Carl influenced her life and music.
Dolly Parton’s team said she died Tuesday at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer.
The ten-time Grammy Award winner died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.
Parton had recently said she was dealing with health issues she had neglected while caring for her husband, Carl Dean.
Dean died at age 82 in March of the previous year after being ill for some time; his cause of death was not disclosed.
Parton and Dean married in 1966 and were together for nearly 60 years before their deaths.
- Who
- Dolly Parton, a ten-time Grammy Award-winning country music singer and actor, died; her husband, Carl Dean, had died the previous year.
- What
- Parton died after what her team described as a brief battle with cancer.
- Where
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
- When
- Tuesday; the exact date is not stated in the article.
- Why
- Her team attributed her death to a brief battle with cancer.
Key facts
- Age at death
- 80
- Cause of death
- A brief battle with cancer, according to her team
- Place of death
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Recent health disclosure
- Parton said she had been dealing with health issues she had neglected while caring for Carl Dean.
- Marriage
- Parton and Dean married in 1966 and were together for nearly 60 years.
- Carl Dean
- Dean died at age 82 in March of the previous year; no cause of death was disclosed.
Quotes
Dolly Parton's team
Representatives who announced Dolly Parton's death
“After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.”
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“I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over Carl.”
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Bryan Seaver
Dolly Parton's nephew
“Dolly has lived in the light, and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents, and countless others who have watched her and longed for her to meet them in the heavens.”
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