Singer-songwriter and actress Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80. Brian Seaver, a close family member of the singer-songwriter, announced her death on August 25, 2026. He took to Dolly Parton’s Instagram account to share that she succumbed to her ongoing health issues after fighting against them for quite some time. In the days leading up to her death, the country singer admitted that while caring for her husband, Carl Dean, she ignored her own health.
Amid that, her comments about rumors that she had found new love a year after Carl’s death resurfaced. Notably, she reacted to the buzz about her alleged “new husband”, Sylvester Stallone, just months before she passed away.
Dolly Parton broke silence on rumors of her finding new love a year after her husband, Carl Dean’s death
Just months before her demise, Dolly Parton was romantically linked up with her Rhinestone co-star Sylvester Stallone, and popular internet chatter claimed that the duo were seeing each other a year after her husband, Carl Dean, died. Many even speculated that Dolly had secretly remarried Sylvester and referred to him as her “new husband.” Dolly herself reacted to the buzz when she took the stage at Dollywood in March 2026, which is just three months before her passing.
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