Furthermore, Parton is a major country music legend. Why wouldn’t her hospitalization receive coverage beyond this single tabloid story? Between the vagueness of the citation and lack of any real evidence beyond untrustworthy “insiders,” Gossip Cop is calling this story false.
She told McEntire “as long as I’m living, I’m workin’.” She added that she went so far as to say she hopes to one day “just die right in the middle of a song.” These are Parton’s own words, so no made-up health scare would scare her off the music. The tabloid story is bogus, as there’s no stopping Dolly Parton. The country music icon added,
This tabloid regularly publishes phony stories about dying celebrities. Queen Elizabeth, due to her age and stature, is a common target. Former President Bill Clinton, Kelly Ripa, Michael Douglas, and EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg have all been at death’s door according to Globe. None of them died, so we can clearly see that this is just a trope the tabloid likes to use to entice readers with dramatic – yet totally false – allegations.