Jeannie Seely is dead at 85: Country music legend’s ‘dearest friend’ Dolly Parton pays tribute

Jeannie Seely died at the age of 85, a Country music singer, known for Hit song Don’t Touch Me.

Seely died of complications of bowel infection at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage on Friday, Tennessee. People.

In December, his death follows his husband Eugene Ward’s loss of cancer.

Following the death of Sely, his friend Dolly Parton has long published a tribute on Instagram.

I have known Jeannie Seely since we were early in Nashville. He was one of my most beloved friends, ‘Parton wrote.

I think he was one of the bigger singers in Nashville and had a great sense of humor. We made very wonderful smiles together, we cried together certain things and will be missed, ” he added.

Dolly Parton then released a tribute to Sely, whom he called one of his ‘most beloved friends’ on Friday; Depicted in Nashville on January 28

Parton praised Seely’s ‘wonderful sense of humor’ and reminded that ‘they have many wonderful smiles together’ and ‘crying some things together’.

Seely has been uncomfortable with health problems since last year and announced in May that he had had more than one surgery on his back to repair his vertebrae.

The artist also said that he had two emergency abdominal surgery and developed pneumonia during an 11 -day accommodation in the intensive care unit.

‘Rehabilitation is quite difficult, but it looks brighter every day and I saw a light at the end of the tunnel last night. And neon, so I knew it was mine! ‘Then he said. ‘Unscreased Seely is coming back.’

Sely was known for her vocal delivery, which was influenced by its unique spirit, which won the nickname ‘Miss Country Soul’.

1966 Single Don’t Touch Me, after rising to number two, became a hit in Billboard’s hot country songs and followed more accuracy, including a Wanderin ‘Man (1967), and I will love you more (from what you need) (1968).

All of the three songs were written by Hank Cochran, Hank Cochran, Selely, who was married in 1969.

The couple left in the 1970s and their divorce concluded in 1979. Cochran died of cancer at the age of 84 in 2010.

While Sely husband cooperated behind the stage, he regularly duets with the country star Jack Greene, starting from the late 60s.

Sely was known for her vocal delivery, which was influenced by the distinctive spirit that won the nickname ‘Miss Country Soul’; Picture around 1970

In 2010, he married his second husband Nashville -based lawyer Gene Ward.

He was disturbed by health problems shortly after the nose and died on December 13 after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Born in 1940 in Pennsylvania, Titusville, Selya was singing on the radio for local stations, starting from 11, but initially continued to work as a stenograph after high school.

After starting West for California’s warmer climate, he started to work in a bank, just to change the route again to start the music industry as a songwriter.

Seely cooperated with future stars, Randy Newman and Glen Campbell and his songs were carried out by the country’s main basis, including Norma Jean, Dottie West and Connie Smith.

Starting from 1964, there is a chance to register under his own name.

Sely’s graphic status began to dive in the 1970s, and the 1977 car accident injuries – dragged his car into a tree, resulted in a broken jaw, broken ribs and a collapsed lung – he came out of the road and the studio for years.

In the 1980s, Sely tried to play with the stage roles at the musicals’ home and the best little prostitute in Texas, as well as the game that everyone loves Opal.

Many of Sely’s biggest hits – Don’t Touch Me, Awander ‘Including the man, and I will love you more (from what you need) – written by her first husband Hank Cochran. They divorced in 1979 and died in 2010; SEELY was depicted in Nashville in June 2024

Sely’s last song, Dottie West, published during her life, was a cover from July 2024.

The singer has a distinction of having a larger Ole Opry appearance than 5,397 with 5,397 and other musicians.

Seely has been a fan of Opry’s radio show since her childhood, and in 1967 she became a member of the organization.

‘I actually knew what I wanted to be at the age of eight,’ Seely said People In 2022. I knew I wanted to be in OPRY.

‘I just wanted to get to know them,’ he continued. ‘I wanted to be a part of that family I heard every week.’

Concrete He wearing more modern clothes, including jeans and even go-go boots, compared most of the more conservative clothes worn by female Opry artists.

In 2022, he remembered how his decision to wear a mini skirt on the stage caused OPRA Director Ott Devine to dress him.

“I explained here that I had just moved from California, and what everyone wears,” he said. ‘I said, “You know that your trend is coming.”

Commercial reserves began a stroke in the 70s, and in 1977 a car accident kept him away from the road and the studio for years. In the 80s, he tried his hand to act in musical and games; In 2018 in the picture in Nashville

Seely said that he would not wear Devine on the stage, provided that he did not allow any audience member with short skirts.

In 1985, he became the first woman to host the show of Grand Ole Oprry, but only because it was ready as a last -minute fill after caught a planned host snow storm.

The groundbreaking moment was a sign of Opry’s helplessness, because the organization had only a male policy for landlords who were not canceled until 1993.

On Saturday, August 2, the Grand Oprry performance will be dedicated to Sely.