By Kelly Ashmore
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Dolly Parton has said she’s ‘not ready to die yet’ as she issued a health update and insisted ‘everyone thinks I’m sicker than I am’. The country legend’s sister, Freida, sent fans into a frenzy earlier this week after she asked fans to pray for her famous sibling. She said s he’d been “up all night praying” for 79-year-old Dolly , who had recently cancelled her winter Caesars’ Palace show. READ MORE: Davina McCall ‘obsessed’ with ‘holy grail’ collagen powder that ‘leaves skin fresh, hair strong and joints pain-free’ This sparked concern the Jolene hitmaker was seriously ill, and forced her English manager Olly Rowland to say the update posted by Freida “got blown quite a bit out of proportion.” Dolly has now also spoke out and declared in a video posted to her official Instagram account yesterday: “I ain’t dead yet.” In the video, the Little Sparrow singer said: “Well today is October 8th, and obviously I’m here doing some commercials for the Grand Ole Opry. “But before I get started, I wanted to say, I know lately everyone thinks that I am sicker than I am. “Do I look sick to you? I’m working hard here! Anyway, I wanted to put everybody’s minds at ease, those of you that seemed real concerned, which I appreciate, and I appreciate your prayers as I’m a person of faith. “I can always use the prayers for anything and everything, but I want you to know that I’m ok.” Dolly continued: “I’ve got some problems, as I mentioned, back when my husband Carl was very sick, that was for a long time, then when he passed, I didn’t take care of myself, I let a lot of things go that I should have been taking care of. “So anyway when I got around to it, the doctor said ‘we need to take care of this, we need to take care of that’, nothing major, but I did need to cancel some things so I could be closer to home. “I wanted you to know, I’m not dying. There’s a lot of rumours flying around but I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know I was ok. “I’m not ready to die yet, I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done working. “I love you for caring, and keep praying for me.”