{"id":2119886,"date":"2026-08-30T23:50:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119886"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:50:56","slug":"dolly-partons-niece-misses-her-4-am-calls-after-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119886","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s Niece Misses Her 4 AM Calls After Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c0\/16by9\/2026\/08\/30\/c0a652a264c84365a8203742ad9acaae_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s Niece Misses Her 4 AM Calls After Death<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s Niece<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I&#8217;d Do Anything for One More 4 AM Call<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-30T16:50:56-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202608\"><br \/>\n                August 30, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            4:50 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-1a632e64be1c9bd0056fe71f844e6374\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260830_c0a652a264c84365a8203742ad9acaae\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c0\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/c0a652a264c84365a8203742ad9acaae_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Lainey-Mae-Parton-dolly-parton-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4c4635350f889b7da29db2a2e744d63d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dolly-parton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s niece says one of the things she&#8217;ll miss most about the country legend is getting calls from her at 4 AM.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5a0ce3fdf1c37573f84d5e404a53aa1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Lainey Parton<\/strong> shared an emotional tribute to Instagram after Dolly was laid to rest &#8230; saying it still doesn&#8217;t feel real she&#8217;s gone and she&#8217;d give anything to see her name pop up on her phone again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-473f60435218d6469cf7c12235ab42ee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\"><a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/c3\/o\/2026\/08\/30\/c37508519fe84a7abb44125a671a1ea3.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20260830_c37508519fe84a7abb44125a671a1ea3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/03\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/034b6dd8f6354f2fa1789b59023b79e4_md.jpg\" alt=\"doc-launch-Lainey-Mae-Parton-dolly-parton-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay document-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label document-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Doc<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer document-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text document-block__media-launch-text\">READ THE STATEMENT<\/span><span class=\"media-cta document-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n          Launch Doc<br \/>\n          <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5f5aae5df919fd4704235897aa7e25ea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Lainey wrote &#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;m even going to miss those 4 AM calls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8bca932823e3b3f4ff243f41fed4b9d2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She also opened up about how close they were, saying Dolly &#8212; who never had children of her own &#8212; made her nieces and nephews feel like they were hers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4432cb1147001916d706e4cc75d1e663\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260830_fdd479251b834fc685dd3bbb47505b2f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fd\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/fdd479251b834fc685dd3bbb47505b2f_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Lainey-Mae-Parton-dolly-parton-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-624c41429d2b0a32123f62fb81086e7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Growing up, Dolly always made Lainey feel like she was enough and never made her dreams seem too big.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-806c556e2a1f8ede8d4ba10654149c3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And that support went beyond words &#8230; Dolly financially supported her through beauty school and helped get her career started.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e33be80c451d4292c308564fcec19527\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260830_736ed326ab65491180a974a5e9763f38\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/73\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/736ed326ab65491180a974a5e9763f38_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Lainey-Mae-Parton-dolly-parton-ig-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7f619c536817400c625a8bdc89bc3052\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She also recalled being a nervous freshman in high school when Dolly asked her to sing on her &#8220;Smoky Mountain DNA&#8221; album &#8230; saying Dolly made her feel safe, confident and like she belonged beside her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-69c96f8b560dfc9ebed22ebb90d85ee3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As TMZ previously reported &#8230; Dolly&#8217;s loved ones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/28\/dolly-partons-loved-ones-visit-nashville-burial-site\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>gathered<\/strong><\/a> Friday at her Nashville burial site alongside her late husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/carl-dean\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Carl Dean<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0c2ca1abf0203b1d147419f4eccfc4d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Lainey closed the tribute simply &#8230; &#8220;I love you, Granny. Always.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/30\/dolly-parton-niece-4-am-calls\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/30\/dolly-parton-niece-4-am-calls\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:29c7449e-52e6-46ea-a588-02d34ba1cd94\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"tag-cloud\">\n<ul class=\"tag-cloud__list-group\"><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dolly-parton\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Dolly Parton<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/carl-dean\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Carl Dean<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/musicians\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:3}\"><br \/>\n                Musicians<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/celebrity-death\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:4}\"><br \/>\n                Celebrity Death<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/country-music\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:5}\"><br \/>\n                Country Music<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/music\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:6}\"><br \/>\n                Music<br \/>\n              <\/a><a class=\"tag-cloud__list-group-item js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/dolly-parton-death\/\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;tag-cloud&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:7}\"><br \/>\n                Dolly Parton Death<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/30\/dolly-parton-niece-4-am-calls\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c0\/16by9\/2026\/08\/30\/c0a652a264c84365a8203742ad9acaae_xl.jpg&#8221;] Dolly Parton&#8217;s Niece Misses Her 4 AM Calls After Death Dolly Parton&#8217;s NieceI&#8217;d Do Anything for One More 4 AM Call Add TMZ on Google By TMZ Staff Published August 30, 2026 4:50 PM PDT Dolly Parton&#8216;s niece says one of the things she&#8217;ll miss most about the country legend is getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,77],"class_list":["post-2119886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tmz-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}