Dolly Parton has suffered the loss of another family member following the passing of her older brother David, aged 82.
According to reports, Dolly’s sister Stella confirmed word of David’s death, telling that his passing was “peaceful”. “It’s never easy to say goodbye to a loved one but he got his angel wings and is now at peace,” Stella wrote on X.
At the time of writing, Dolly has yet to share a statement regarding the loss of her brother, while the Parton family have not revealed much in the way of details as to his cause of death.
David was one of country music icon Dolly’s 11 siblings, born to Robert and Avie Lee Parton on March 30, 1942. The family was famously large, consisting of six boys and six girls, and the children grew up with humble beginnings in the town of Locust Ridge, Tennessee, where they shared a small two-room cabin on the family farm.
Despite the astronomical fame achieved by his younger sister, by all accounts David kept himself out of the spotlight. At the time of his death, he was a retired bridge superintendent for a company called Simpson Construction.
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David is the fourth of Dolly’s brothers to pass away, with Larry dying shortly after his birth in 1955, Floyd passing away in 2018 at the age of 61, and Randy most recently succumbing to cancer in 2021, aged 67.