Dolly Parton Reportedly Limited Final Visits

Dolly Parton reportedly asked that friends and relatives not see her during her final days, while allowing longtime wig and makeup artist Cheryl Riddle to be present to prepare her after death, according to accounts attributed to unnamed sources. The reports say Parton wanted to be remembered looking as she was known publicly. The private-care details have not been independently confirmed by family members or others involved. The same accounts say Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver visited her the day before she died. They also report that she asked him to announce her death and that he wrote and recorded the announcement at her studio for release on her social media accounts. These details, like the account of Riddle’s role, trace back to a single source origin and have not been separately corroborated. Parton died on August 25 at age 80, her publicist announced, saying she had died following a brief battle with cancer. The reported arrangements about who could visit were described after her death. The accounts say some relatives, including her siblings, were not allowed to see her at the end of her life, though the circumstances have not been confirmed by the family.