Dolly Parton‘s Sister Freida Expresses Concern, Shares Prayers Amid Singer’s Health Challenges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, revealed she spent Tuesday night praying for the country music icon โas Parton addresses โongoing health issues that have led to postponed concerts and โขrecent medical โtreatments. The outpouring of support from family comes as โขfans express concern for the 79-year-old singer’s well-being.
Freida Parton shared her worries on Facebook, stating sheโข had been “up all night praying for my โฃsister, Dolly.” She โacknowledged that Dolly hasn’t been feeling her best and requested support from the “world that loves her,” expressing โconfidenceโข inโค her โฃsister’s strength and โฃeventual recovery. “She’s strong, โขshe’s โloved and with all the prayers beingโ lifted forโ her,โฃ I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine,” Freida wrote, concluding with, โ”Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!”
The โขpublic expression of concern followsโ Dolly Parton’s โคrecentโ announcement that โshe would delay six concerts scheduled โคfor December at Caesars Palace in Las โVegas to undergo medical procedures. In a statement posted to Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), parton explained she was following doctor’s orders, jokingly referring to the procedures as a “100,000-mile check-up.”โข
This isn’t the first recentโค health hurdle for the entertainer. last month, Parton missed the announcement ofโ a new Dollywood attraction while recovering from a kidney stone, which ledโค to an infection. Additionally,Parton โคhas paused writing new music following โthe deathโ of her husband,Carl Dean,in Marchโ after nearly 60 years of marriage. She described feeling emotionally unable to fully dedicate โฃherself toโข songwriting while grieving.
A representative for Parton didโ not immediately respond to a request for comment โฃregardingโฃ her โcurrent condition.
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