United Kingdom, Aug. 27 -- Dolly Parton wanted to use her own cancer treatment to help other people.

The 9 to 5 hitmaker had been struggling with undisclosed health issues in recent months and after she passed away on Tuesday (25.08.26), her representatives confirmed she had died following a "brief battle" with an undisclosed form of cancer.

Dolly's younger sister Stella Parton, 77, has now told how the country music legend was open to the idea of being given "experimental drugs" even if there was "no hope" for her recovery so that medical staff could study their effects and one day use them on others.

Stella wrote on Facebook: "My big sister Dolly got her wings this past Tuesday.

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