A little over a week ago, Dolly Parton announced she was postponing her Las Vegas residency due to “health challenges.” The 79-year-old country star said her doctors had recommended she undergo a “few procedures” but promised she would be back onstage soon. “Don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet,” she wrote in the statement she shared to Instagram.
But on Tuesday, Dolly’s sister, Freida Parton, alarmed fans with a statement that made it sound like things were looking more dire. In a Facebook post, Freida said she’d been “up all night praying for my sister, Dolly” and asked fans to join her in prayer. “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 pra