{"id":98321,"date":"2026-09-09T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:56:55","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-dies-age-80-country-music-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dolly Parton<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s sister, Stella Parton, said the country music superstar chose to keep her battle with cancer private before she died late last month because she didn&#8217;t want people to worry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She did not want people sad,&#8221; Stella Parton told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host Gayle King in an exclusive interview. &#8220;She&#8217;d be really happy and delighted that people have shown her so much love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 \u2014 a shock to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-death-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fans around the world<\/a><\/span> who weren&#8217;t aware of her illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton said not even their whole extended family knew about Dolly&#8217;s cancer, saying that only &#8220;some of us knew, the ones of us that were closer.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dolly could not bear negative things,&#8221; Stella Parton told King in the interview in Nashville. &#8220;And she would not have wanted her fans worried about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/f658d508e119820115347b08bd62dd27\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png#\" alt=\"gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/f658d508e119820115347b08bd62dd27\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Stella Parton and Gayle King.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dolly Parton&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/dolly-parton-dies-age-80-life-in-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">groundbreaking career<\/a><\/span> spanned six decades in the music industry and launched her into TV and movie stardom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her team said, in announcing her death, that she died at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center &#8220;after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer.&#8221; Her family has not said what type of cancer she had, or how long she was sick.<\/p>\n<p>Following her death, fans around the world as well as celebrities and politicians mourned the country music legend and praised her as an icon whose legacy will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch more of Gayle King&#8217;s exclusive interview with Stella Parton on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, on &#8220;CBS Mornings.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-sister-stella-parton-cancer-battle-private\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton&#8216;s sister, Stella Parton, said the country music superstar chose to keep her battle with cancer private before she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3518],"class_list":["post-98321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dolly-parton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dolly Parton&#039;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dolly Parton&#039;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Dolly Parton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\",\"name\":\"Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News","description":"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News","og_description":"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private","datePublished":"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/"},"wordCount":280,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Dolly Parton"],"articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/","name":"Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-09T13:56:55+00:00","description":"Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 &mdash; a shock to fans around the world&#8203; who weren&amp;#039;t aware of her illness.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dolly-partons-sister-stella-parton-shares-why-the-country-music-star-kept-her-cancer-battle-private\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s sister, Stella Parton, shares why the country music star kept her cancer battle private"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Dolly Parton&#8216;s sister, Stella Parton, said the country music superstar chose to keep her battle with cancer private before she","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Entertainment"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":5,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/09\/513bccec-4747-4a32-8d7b-02f4576bb7aa\/thumbnail\/1200x630g4\/280deb9fff72b5458f7b32d7ab209bd2\/gayle-king-and-stella-parton.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-40\">Entertainment<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}