Seely underwent multiple surgeries for back issues in March 2025, and in April, she was hospitalized and underwent two abdominal surgeries. She subsequently spent 11 days in the I

Seely was the first Pennsylvania native to be inducted into the Opry and was the first woman to regularly host segments.

Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like "Don't Touch Me," has died. She was 85. Her publicist, Don Murry Grubbs, said she died Friday after succumbing to complications from an intestinal infection.