Dolly Parton has declared she "ain't dead yet" after her sister raised concerns about the singer's health by asking people to pray for her.

"There are just a lot of rumours flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you'd know that I was okay," the 79-year-old singer said in a new two-minute video posted on social media.

"I'm not ready to die yet. I don't think God is through with me. And I ain't done working," she added.

In the footage, captioned "I ain't dead yet!", the 9 to 5 singer is seen on a set speaking directly to the camera. X This content is provided by X , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to a

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