{"id":2927,"date":"2025-10-08T22:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:37:39","slug":"concerns-for-dolly-partons-health-grow-as-her-sister-reaches-out-for-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=2927","title":{"rendered":"Concerns for Dolly Parton\u2019s health grow as her sister reaches out for prayers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/700-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/700-1-edited.jpg 352w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/700-1-edited-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The country music world is coming together in support of one of its most cherished icons. At 79, Dolly Parton \u2014 known for her powerful voice, warmth, and unwavering faith \u2014 is facing health issues that have left both her family and fans deeply concerned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister, Freida Parton, shared a heartfelt message on Facebook this week, sparking an outpouring of concern from the country music community. \u201cI was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly,\u201d Freida wrote. \u201cMany of you already know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Freida didn\u2019t go into specifics, her post followed closely behind news that Dolly had postponed her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency, due to ongoing medical concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dolly Speaks Out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a personal message shared on Instagram, Dolly addressed her fans directly: \u201cI want you all to hear it from me first \u2014 I\u2019ve made the tough decision to postpone my upcoming Las Vegas shows. I\u2019ve been facing some health challenges, and my doctors have told me I need to undergo a few procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country music world is coming together in support of one of its most cherished icons. At 79, Dolly Parton \u2014 known for her powerful voice, warmth, and unwavering faith \u2014 is facing health issues that have left both her family and fans deeply concerned. Her sister, Freida Parton, shared a heartfelt message on Facebook&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=2927\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Concerns for Dolly Parton\u2019s health grow as her sister reaches out for prayers.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2931,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions\/2931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}