NEW YORK -- 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.

Grammy Award-winning singer Jeannie Seely, best known for her hit Don't Touch Me, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee.

We had many wonderful laughs together, cried over certain things together, and she will be missed,” Dolly Parton wrote.