Dolly Parton's Cause of Death Revealed

Dolly Parton's team is now sharing what led to the country icon's death, CBS News reports. The 80-year-old star died Tuesday in Nashville after what her representatives described as a "brief battle with cancer" treated at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, where she was surrounded by loved ones. Parton had spoken publicly about ongoing health troubles, including kidney stones and immune and digestive issues that had forced her to cancel Las Vegas shows, but she never revealed a cancer diagnosis. Her team's statement did not reveal what type of cancer Parton had, People reports.

Her family and colleagues framed her final chapter as consistent with the rest of her life: focused outward. The statement announcing her death highlighted her philanthropy, from her Imagination Library's hundreds of millions of free books to funding research that contributed to a widely used COVID-19 vaccine. President Trump ordered flags lowered nationwide in her honor. What turned out to be Parton's last appearance was June 24 at the opening of Dolly's Tennessean Travel Stop, USA Today reports. Her Las Vegas concerts had been rescheduled to September.