Dolly Parton shares health update and considers ‘avatar performances’ in future

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 24, 2026 · 667 words · By David Mouriquand

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What to know about Celebrity Health and Aging

The 80-year-old country legend has shared an update on her health after being forced to cancel her Vegas residency.

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What happened

The 80-year-old country legend has shared an update on her health after being forced to cancel her Vegas residency.

Why it matters

She has also said she is considering “avatar performances” in the future...

Common ground

Country icon Dolly Parton has shared a health update with her fans amid ongoing health issues and the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, who died last March.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/24/dolly-parton-shares-health-update-and-consid…

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Claim 1: “The news also follows an academic poll in the US, which found that Parton tops the list of the most beloved public figures in America.”

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Claim 2: “noting that in the early ’80s she was “down for several months with female issues”.”

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Web search results (specifically oregonlive.com) explicitly quote her recalling being 'down for several months with female issues' in the early 1980s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (née Parton; January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Dubbed the "Queen of Country", Parton was one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dolly Parton was an American country singer, songwriter and actress. She appeared in 12 theatrically released films and made over 400 appearances on television. Parton's first televised appearance was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton_filmography

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rockstar is the forty-ninth and final studio album by the American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on November 17, 2023, by Butterfly Records and Big Machine Records. The album is a co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_(Dolly_Parton_album)

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Claim 3: “The music legend, now 80, has been forced to pull out of a string of recent appearances due to ongoing issues.”

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Multiple sources confirm she cancelled her Las Vegas residency and other appearances due to ongoing health challenges.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dolly Parton has suffered several health setbacks in recent years, following the death of her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/us/919263/dolly-parton-resurfa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dolly Parton shares a health update, cancels Las Vegas shows to focus on her Broadway musical. Opening Fall/Winter.The update comes after Parton postponed her Las Vegas residency last September due to…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/dolly-telling-everyone-she-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dolly Parton Cancels Las Vegas Residency Due To Ongoing Health Issues.Dolly Parton has ‘some good news, and a little bad news’ about her health.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 4: “the most elaborate being the ongoing concert attraction ABBA Voyage, which uses Pepper’s ghost combined with digital projection and motion-capture technology.”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 5: “Dolly Parton’s health update comes after she rerecorded her 1977 hit song ‘Light of a Clear Blue Morning’ earlier this year alongside fellow artists Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah and Reba McEntire.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 6: “The 80-year-old country legend has shared an update on her health after being forced to cancel her Vegas residency.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Dolly Parton, aged 80, cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health issues (kidney stones, immune and digestive issues).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942), also known as Mr. Las Vegas, is an American singer and actor. One of the most popular singers in the United States from the mid-to-late 20th century, Newton r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Newton

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The singles discography of American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (1946–2026) includes over 200 singles and touches on eight decades. Parton released 198 singles as a lead artist, 49 as a fea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton_singles_discograp…

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Claim 7: “They feature "Pepper’s ghost" forms of performers – named after the illusion technique created by the English scientist John Henry Pepper.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that the Pepper's ghost illusion technique is named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum. It is usually a hot chili pepper used to flavor dishes. Cayenne peppers are a group of tapering, 10 to 25 cm long, generally skinny, mostly red-colored…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayenne_pepper

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Henry "Professor" Pepper (17 June 1821 – 25 March 1900) was a British scientist and inventor who toured the English-speaking world with his scientific demonstrations. He entertained the public, r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Pepper

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Pepper (1886–1938) was a Hungarian-Jewish Communist politician. John Pepper may also refer to: John E. Pepper Jr., American businessman John Henry Pepper (1821–1900), British scientist and inven…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pepper_(disambiguation)

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Claim 8: “Narenda Modi projected at 88 locations across India in 2014”

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Claim 9: “then-French Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélanchon giving a speech in 2017 at a campaign event in Aubervilliers he wasn’t physically at.”

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Claim 10: “Recently, it was announced that an AI avatar of Ozzy Osbourne was in the works.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 11: “The first time it was used for concerts was in 2006 for the Grammy Awards, when Pepper’s ghost technique was employed to project Madonna with the virtual band members Gorillaz onto the stage.”

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Two independent web sources confirm that the Pepper's ghost technique was used at the 2006 Grammy Awards for a performance featuring Madonna and Gorillaz.

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web search NEUTRAL — A posthumous holographic speech by one of the Amway co-founders was pulled off with technical perfection.This "Pepper's Ghost" effect was seen at the 2006 Grammy Awards in the Gorillaz & Madonna segme…
https://www.jimdraper.com/blog/tag/Peppers+Ghost

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web search NEUTRAL — This technique has been used in music concerts in the past, in a Frank Sinatra concert in 2003, and a Madonna/Gorillaz performance at the Grammys in 2006
https://burners.me/2012/04/25/how-the-2pac-hologram-at-coach…

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web search NEUTRAL — Madonna. 8,32 млн подписчиков. Подписаться.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4svIh86ZVc

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Claim 12: “The single was released to raise money for pediatric cancer research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 13: “Parton also told the outlet that she was working alongside various companies to create “avatar performances””

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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (Speedtest by Ookla) and do not mention avatar performances.

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web search NEUTRAL — Test your internet speed on any device with Speedtest by Ookla, available for free on desktop and mobile apps.
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web search NEUTRAL — Test your internet speed with Speedtest by Ookla, a free and reliable tool for desktop and mobile devices.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ookla® and Speedtest® are among some of the federally registered trademarks of Ookla, LLC and may only be used with explicit written permission. © 2006-2026 Ookla ...
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Claim 14: “Country icon Dolly Parton has shared a health update with her fans amid ongoing health issues and the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, who died last March.”

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Web search results explicitly mention health setbacks following the death of her husband, Carl Dean, who had been married to her for almost 60 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton composed over 5,000 songs throughout her career. The total number of individual song titles she recorded and released is 957, totaling over 1,100 indivi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Doll…

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Claim 15: “Pepper popularised the effect during a 1862 Christmas Eve theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain”.”

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While John Henry Pepper is verified as the creator of the effect, the specific 1862 production of 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain' is not confirmed in the provided evidence (the evidence for this claim contains irrelevant website builder links).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Doctor Charles Taylor Pepper (December 2, 1830 – May 28, 1903) was an American physician and surgeon, who is often cited as the namesake for the soft drink brand Dr Pepper. Many stories on the origins…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_T._Pepper

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique, used in theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts, in which an image of an object offstage is projected so that it appears to be in f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper's_ghost

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