Dolly Parton to be laid to rest beside late husband Carl Dean in Nashville: Report

NASHVILLE - Music icon Dolly Parton will be laid to rest beside her late husband, Carl Dean, at a Nashville mausoleum, according to a report from TMZ.

Dolly Parton will be laid to rest next to Carl Dean

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Bryan Seaver, Parton’s nephew, told TMZ that the country music icon will be buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Tennessee, where Dean was laid to rest following his death in March 2025.

Parton will reportedly be buried wearing two signature elements of her style: high heels and a comfortable cotton dress.

Her final resting place will reunite her with Dean, her husband of nearly six decades. The couple married in 1966 and maintained a famously private relationship despite Parton’s decades-long career in the global spotlight.

Dolly Parton dies at 80

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The burial plans come after Parton’s death Tuesday morning in Nashville at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, according to the reports cited by TMZ. 

She was reportedly admitted to the hospital on Friday, Aug. 21, after experiencing kidney and autoimmune-related health issues, according to PEOPLE.

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Fox News Digital also reported that Parton died peacefully in Nashville, citing a press release.

A cause of death had not been publicly released Tuesday, and further details surrounding her death remained unclear.

Dolly Parton's recent health challenges

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But the news follows a series of health challenges for Parton.

In May, the singer revealed that she had canceled her previously postponed Las Vegas residency due to health challenges — but assured fans her ailments were treatable.

"The good news is I'm responding really well to meds and treatments and I'm improving every day," the country icon said in a short video posted to her official Instagram account. "Now the bad news is, it's going to take me a little while before I'm up to stage-performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a lit bit swimmy headed, as my grandma used to say."

She didn’t share too many details about her health but clarified that she’s always "had problems with my kidney stones," and that her immune system and digestive system "got all out of whack over the past couple three years and they’re working real hard on rebuilding and strengthening those."

She also clarified that her doctors have assured her "that everything I have is treatable, so I'm going with that."

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Last year, Parton's sister asked the world to pray for the country music legend as she battled "health challenges" that led to her postponing her Las Vegas residency.

"Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly," Freida posted on Facebook. "Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been led to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!"

Dolly was also unable to attend the announcement of a new ride at her Tennessee theme park Dollywood last year due to health issues. "I had a kidney stone that was causing me a lot of problems, turned out it’d given me an infection, and the doctor said, ‘You don’t need to be traveling right this minute, so you need a few days to get better,’" Parton said in a video announcement at the time.

"So, he suggested I not go to Dollywood today, but I’m there with you in spirit. I was looking so forward to it."