{"id":19468,"date":"2026-07-28T03:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19468"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:48:35","slug":"dolly-partons-older-brother-coy-denver-parton-dies-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19468","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s older brother Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton dies aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/comp-1785170050.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29236578\" alt=\"Dolly Parton with her siblings, including brother Coy 'Denver', and onstage in 2024\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Dolly Parton\u2019s brother Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton has died (Picture: Instagram\/@dollyparton\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/dolly-parton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dolly Parton<\/a>\u2019s brother Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton has died aged 82, just over a year after the music star <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/04\/dolly-partons-husband-nearly-60-years-carl-dean-dies-aged-82-22662919\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost her late husband, Carl Dean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parton, of Sevierville, Tennessee, died on Thursday July 23.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the spotlight compared to his famous younger sister, Parton was instead a crane operator who built bridges, as well as a homestead farmer and \u2018avid hunter\u2019, according to his obituary from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atchleyfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Coy-Denver-Parton?obId=49101464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atchley Funeral Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Parton and Dolly were two of 12 children born to Avie Lee Owens Parton and Robert Lee Parton.<\/p>\n<p>He is the fifth of Dolly\u2019s siblings to die, following her brothers Larry, David, singer Randy Parton and Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>The obituary did not share a cause of death but stated that he was a widower, following the earlier death of his wife, Carolyn Parton.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SEI_306600473-4b53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29236399\" alt=\"Dolly Partons brother Coy \" denver=\"\" parton=\"\" has=\"\" passed=\"\" away=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Denver, pictured below Dolly in this family photo, was 82 (Picture: Instagram\/@dollyparton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2156369951-e1777918133761.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28233382\" alt=\"Kicking Off CMA Fest: A Special Conversation With Dolly Parton Hosted By Rachel Smith\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The crane operator lived away from the spotlight compared to Dolly and some of their other siblings (Picture: Terry Wyatt\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He is survived by his two daughters, Chris Parton and Jennifer Parton, as well as his grandson, Ian Parton, and seven sisters: Willadeene Buzzeo, Dolly, Stella Parton, Cassie Griffith, Freida Parton, Rachel George and Laura Price.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Parton was also described as \u2018perhaps the most private\u2019 of the close-knit family in a 2025\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/dolly-parton-brothers-sisters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taste of Country<\/a>\u00a0article, alongside the late David Parton and Dolly and Denver\u2019s younger brother, Robert Lee.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/01\/19\/dolly-partons-80th-birthday-gift-cements-legacy-musics-greatest-philanthropist-26369569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Dolly, 80<\/a>, whose <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2020\/10\/30\/dolly-parton-why-husband-carl-dean-limelight-lives-separate-13509513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">husband of 60 years, Carl Dean<\/a>, died in March 2025, has also faced her own health challenges recently.<\/p>\n<p>The 9 to 5 singer <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/05\/04\/dolly-parton-80-shares-bad-news-treatments-force-cancel-vegas-residency-28233236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cancelled her Las Vegas residency<\/a> in May, explaining she\u00a0still \u2018has some healing to do\u2019 having initially postponed the dates by a year to this September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tWho are Dolly Parton&#8217;s 11 siblings?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<strong>Willadeene Parton<\/strong>, born 1940<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>David Parton<\/strong>, 1942 \u2013 2024<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton<\/strong>, 1943 \u2013 2026<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong>, born 1946<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Robert Lee Parton Jr<\/strong>, born 1948<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Stella Parton<\/strong>, born 1949<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Cassie Parton<\/strong>, born 1951<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Randy Parton<\/strong>, 1953 \u2013 2021<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Larry Parton<\/strong>, born and died July 1955<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Floyd &amp; Freida Parton<\/strong>, twins born in 1957. Floyd died in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Rachel Parton<\/strong>, born 1959<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This had previously caused alarm, kicked up a gear by her sister Freida Parton <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/07\/dolly-partons-sister-up-night-praying-79-year-old-singers-health-24366930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asking for prayers for Dolly<\/a>, before the star revealed she had been suffering from various medical issues in recent years, including kidney stones.<\/p>\n<p>But as <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/08\/dolly-parton-updates-fans-health-worrying-fans-i-aint-dead-yet-24376166\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she quickly reassured fans at the time<\/a>:\u00a0\u2018I ain\u2019t ready to die yet. God ain\u2019t through with me and I ain\u2019t done working. I love you for caring, and keep praying for me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In her May update, she compared herself to an \u2018old classic car\u2019 which needed its engine to be \u2018rebuilt\u2019, joking that her \u2018oil pan is leaking\u2019 and her \u2018muffler is busted\u2019 \u2013 but that once restored, she \u2018can be better than ever\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The good news is I\u2019m responding really well to meds and treatments and I\u2019m improving every day. Bad news is it\u2019s gonna take me a little while before I\u2019m up to stage performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit swimmy headed as my grandma used to say,\u2019 the Jolene vocalist explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SEI_306604066-097a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29236916\" alt=\"NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 28: Dolly Parton attends \" dolly:=\"\" an=\"\" original=\"\" musical=\"\" fireside=\"\" chat=\"\" and=\"\" press=\"\" conference=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" fisher=\"\" center=\"\" for=\"\" performing=\"\" arts=\"\" on=\"\" january=\"\" in=\"\" nashville=\"\" tennessee.=\"\" by=\"\" jason=\"\" kempin=\"\" images=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>It comes after 9 to 5 superstar Dolly has faced her own health issues (Picture: Jason Kempin\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Of course I can\u2019t be dizzy, carrying around banjos, guitars and such on five inch heels. And you know that i\u2019m gonna be wearing them!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dolly also said she was \u2018truly sorry\u2019 to be missing everyone who had Las Vegas\u00a0<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tickets<\/a>, encouraging fans to go to the city anyway and not cancel their trips.<\/p>\n<p>She reiterated her plans, too, to get her hotel and museum sorted this year, promising that she\u2019s still working on her musicial biopic as well as recording music.<\/p>\n<p>The I Will Always Love You singer also shared some insight into how she was feeling after the\u00a0death of her husband, Carl, admitting that the year without him had been \u2018hard\u2019 for her, but \u2018I will always love him and I will always miss him\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PRI_115549531-ecb2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29236912\" alt=\"Dolly Parton and Husband Carl Thomas Dean\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The 80-year-old songstress has also shared that the first year after her husband Carl Dean\u2019s death, in March 2025, had been \u2018hard\u2019 (Picture: dollyparton.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dolly thanked fans for helping \u2018heal\u2019 from the loss, sharing a story about how Carl reminded her she\u2019s \u2018not getting any younger\u2019 when she complained about aches and pains.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I said, \u201cWell honey, you\u2019ve got to remember that as long as there are plastic surgeons in this world, I\u2019m not getting any older\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The county superstar has also told fans that her doctors have informed her \u2018everything is treatable\u2019, so she expects to be back 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Parton\u2019s brother Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton has died (Picture: Instagram\/@dollyparton\/Shutterstock) Dolly Parton\u2019s brother Coy \u2018Denver\u2019 Parton has died aged 82, just over a year after the music star lost her late husband, Carl Dean. 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