{"id":259550,"date":"2026-08-25T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/dolly-partons-final-comments-about-her-health-resurface-as-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-half-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:59:08","slug":"dolly-partons-final-comments-about-her-health-resurface-as-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-half-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/dolly-partons-final-comments-about-her-health-resurface-as-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-half-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s Final Comments About Her Health Resurface as Trump Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Country music has lost its queen.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/dolly-parton-cause-of-death-country-music-legend-passes-away-at-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dolly Parton passed away<\/a> on Tuesday at a hospital in her native Tennessee. <\/p>\n<p>And while no official cause of death has been revealed, the 80-year-old was open about her health problems in her final days, admitting that her physical condition had deteriorated following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/dolly-parton-breaks-silence-on-husbands-tragic-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the death of her husband, Carl Dean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"American singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton, performs with a guitar, 1976. \" class=\"wp-image-561845 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-2048x1322.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-960x619.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-1080x697.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-1200x774.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-84879971-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton, performs with a guitar, 1976. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by David Redfern\/Redferns)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn\u2019t pay attention to when I was watching over Carl,\u201d she told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dolly-parton-dead-7565853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> on August 21, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, this isn\u2019t the first time I\u2019ve had to manage something like this. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in the early \u201980s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it\u2019s not like I haven\u2019t been through hard times with my health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parton also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/coy-denver-parton-cause-of-death-dolly-partons-brother-was-82\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost her brother, Coy \u201cDenver\u201d Parton<\/a>, in July.<\/p>\n<p>Her trademark humor intact, Dolly went on to joke that she had been a fixture in the world of gossip for nearly 60 years:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think because we live in a 24\/7 world with social media, everything gets magnified in ways it wasn\u2019t years ago,\u201d she said, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to joke that I was the Queen of the Tabloids, but now I guess I can say I\u2019m the Queen of Social Media AI! Seriously, though, even though I\u2019m still healin\u2019, I\u2019m still workin\u2019! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know me \u2014 as I\u2019ve often said \u2014 I\u2019ve dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I\u2019m gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 K A C E Y (@KaceyMusgraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KaceyMusgraves\/status\/2092312358064406655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> In the wake of her passing, Parton\u2019s colleagues in the world of country music rushed to social media to pay tribute:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden,\u201d wrote fellow country singer Kacey Musgraves, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDolly. This really really hurts. The world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden. So glad she\u2019s with her Carl Dean. No one talk to me today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I just got the news that my buddy Dolly passed onto the higher and greater side. Dolly, thank you for all the wonderful things you did for us here on earth. Your love, your music and you gave so much with your huge huge heart. There will never ever be another you,\u201d Reba McEntire chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeartbroken today. Honestly\u2026 I have no words right now,\u201d Keith Urban posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his Truth Social platform, President Donald Trump ordered that flags be lowered to half staff Dolly\u2019s honor:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people,\u201d he wrote, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has never been anyone like her, and never will. In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even in these divisive times, Americans are united by their love for Dolly Parton. Our condolences go out to her loved ones as they mourn the loss of a legend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/dolly-partons-final-comments-about-her-health-resurface-as-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-half-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Country music has lost its queen. As we previously reported, Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in her native Tennessee. And while no official cause of death has been revealed, the 80-year-old was open about her health problems in her final days, admitting that her physical condition had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}