Jeannie Seely dead: Country legend who sang ‘Don't Touch Me,' dies aged 85, as tributes pour in for ‘Miss Country soul'
ICON GONE Jeannie Seely dead: Country legend who sang 'Don't Touch Me,' dies aged 85, as tributes pour in for 'Miss Country soul'
GRAMMY-winning country singer Jeannie Seely has died at the age of 85.
The Grand Ole Opry star died at Summit Medical Center in Tennessee after reportedly suffering from complications from an intestinal infection.
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Jeannie Seely performs at the 2018 Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville
Credit: AP
It comes just months after her husband Eugene Ward from cancer.
Seely was battling heath issues for much of 2025, according to PEOPLE which first reported her death.
In a statement given to the media outlet, the star's rep said that she had undergone "multiple back surgeries this spring for vertebrae repairs," as well as "two emergency abdominal surgeries."
She also spent 11 days in the intensive care unit after suffering from pneumonia, the statement added.
Seely found success as an artist in 1996 with her massive hit track Don't Touch Me.
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