Dolly Parton's sister is sharing why the legendary singer kept her cancer diagnosis a secret.In an interview with "CBS Mornings'" set to air on Thursday, Sept.10, her sister, Stella Parton, didn't go public with her cancer diagnosis because she "did not want people sad," revealing she didn't even share the news with her entire family."Well, Dolly did not want anybody to tell that, because Dolly could not bear negative things, and she would not have wanted her fans worried about it," she shared.
"She didn’t want a lot of the family worried about it.Some of us knew, the ones that were closer, but not every relative."The "Jolene" singer died at the age of 80, on Tuesday, Aug.
25, following a "brief battle with cancer."Dolly Parton's sister revealed why the singer didn't share her cancer diagnosis.(Getty Images)DOLLY PARTON OFFERED TO TRY EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS IF ‘NO HOPE’ FOR CANCER BATTLE TO HELP OTHERS, SISTER SAYSNews of her death was announced on her Instagram by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, in which he highlighted her incredible body of work as a musician, as well as her philanthropic work with the Imagination Library.Her death inspired tributes on social media from fans around the world, including musicians and actors alike, something Stella says the "9 to 5" star would have been happy with."She’d be really happy and delighted that people have shown her so much love because she knew that that would make us feel better as her family," Stella said.
"Bottom line, end of the day, her family and Carl’s family and probably Judy’s family are the people that she would want to say, ‘See, everything I did, they cared.They really loved me."Dolly rose to stardom in 1967 when she began appearing on "The Porter Wagoner Show." During her time on the show, the two released many iconic duets and were nominated for many Grammys together.Parton shot to stardom in 1967 when she began appearing on "The Porter Wagoner Show." (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)GET ENTERTAI...