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

In total, Seely made 5,397 Grand Ole Opry performances, more than any other artist in the institution's 100-year history.

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.