{"id":2136646,"date":"2026-09-09T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136646"},"modified":"2026-09-09T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:03:15","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-says-some-family-didnt-know-about-her-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136646","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton&#8217;s Sister Says Some Family Didn&#8217;t Know About Her Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9b\/16by9\/2026\/09\/09\/9b2b9f25e476430c95d4f9442a413b93_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s Sister Says Some Family Didn&#8217;t Know About Her Cancer Battle<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Dolly Parton&#8217;s Sister<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Some of Our Family Didn&#8217;t Know She Was Sick<\/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=\"2026-09-09T09:03:15-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 9, 2026<br \/>\n                            9:03 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-6819e4dd1332f0d332f6b0e221cd87ce\" 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_png_20260909_9b2b9f25e476430c95d4f9442a413b93\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d4409ee-a07a-4cc9-9816-6d22432838c0\" 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\/9b\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/9b2b9f25e476430c95d4f9442a413b93_md.png\" alt=\"090926_stella_parton_primary\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">CBS<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c744cabbec68ca0418c16d4343536df9\" 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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s sister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/stella-parton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Stella Parton<\/strong><\/a>says some of her relatives were caught off guard by her death &#8230; because not everyone in the family knew she had cancer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f571f33ea411609a14cd80928c518e59\" 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>Stella told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gayle-king\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Gayle King<\/strong><\/a> airing Thursday &#8230; &#8220;She didn\u2019t want a lot of the family worried about it. 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