January 21, 2021, 16:02 | Last updated: 21 January 2021, 16:04
Going to her personal facebook page, Dolly Parton, 75, wrote a heartfelt letter to her brother saying she and her family were ‘mourning her loss’. The pair pictured in 2015.
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Dolly Parton has published a statement on her personal Facebook page to confirm that her brother Randy Parton has died of cancer.
Dolly PartonRandy Parton’s beloved brother has died of cancer at the age of 67, the singer has confirmed.
Going to her personal facebook page, Dolly Parton, 75, wrote a heartfelt letter to her brother saying she and her family were ‘mourning her loss’.
Randy Parton played guitar and bass in Dolly’s sister band for several years and the two were very close, even dueting the song ‘You Are My Christmas’ for Dolly’s Christmas album.
Randy Parton played guitar and bass in Dolly’s sister band for several years and the two (pictured) were very close, even dueting the song ‘You Are My Christmas’ for Dolly’s Christmas album.
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Dolly wrote in a statement: “My brother Randy has lost his battle with cancer. The family and I are mourning his loss but we know he is in a better place than we are at the moment.
“We are a family of faith and we believe that it is safe with God and that family members who have gone before and welcomed him with joy and open arms.
Randy was a great singer, songwriter and entertainer. He sang, played guitar and bass in my band for several years. He has been leading his own Dollywood show since it opened in 1986.
“He has a number of card albums of his own, but his duet with me on ‘Old Flames Can’t Hold A Candle To You’ will always be a major focus of my own career.
“He has several card albums of his own, but his duet with me on‘ Old Flames Can’t Hold A Candle To You ’will always be a major focus of my own career,” Dolly said in a statement.
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“You always love ‘You Are My Christmas,’ our duet on my latest Christmas album, with his daughter Heidi. It was his last musical recording and he stretched on it just as it shines in heaven now.
“He is survived by his wife Deb, daughter Heidi, son Sabyn, grandchildren Huston and Trent.
“We will love him forever and he will always be in our heart. Dolly Parton and his family”
The news comes just three years after another brother and songwriting companion Floyd Parton died, aged 61.