Dolly Parton gushed about her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, and struck an optimistic tone about her career in the devastating last interview just four days before her death.The Queen of Country, whose death was announced Tuesday, told People last week that she still had 'so many things' she wanted to achieve. Parton's nephew, Bryan Seaver, who also served as her head of security, announced on Tuesday that the country music icon had died at the age of 80. The Jolene singer had opened up about her health and the projects she was looking forward to, saying she had been dealing with some health issues that she had not paid attention to while caring for her late husband.'It’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,' she said in her final interview. 'But I think because we live in a 24/7 world with social media, everything gets magnified in ways it wasn’t years ago. I used to joke that I was the Queen of the Tabloids, but now I guess I can say I’m the Queen of Social Media AI! Seriously, though, even though I’m still healin’, I’m still workin,'" Parton continued. 'You know me — as I’ve often said — I’ve dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I’m gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life.' Concerns loomed for months about Parton's health, but the pop culture icon frequently dispelled her fans' fears. Legendary country music star Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80 Parton said in her last interview that she had been through hard times before with her health Parton's famous hits include Jolene, 9 to 5, and I Will Always Love You She pulled out of multiple public appearances, including a residency in Las Vegas and the opening of a new ride, NightFlight Expedition, at her theme park, Dollywood. Fan videos of the event captured Parton's recorded message, in which she told attendees she was still in Nashville. 'So my Nashville doctor has kind of clipped my wings, saying, "You ain’t traveling this week." So I guess if your doctor tells you, "You ain’t traveling this week," you ain’t traveling this week,' Parton said in the video message. Earlier this year, Parton told her fans that she was responding to medication, but the treatment made her feel 'a little swimmy-headed,' and she needed time to heal before getting back on stage. She reassured her fans that she was still hard at work on projects like her new museum, Life of Many Colors, in Nashville, her new hotel and Broadway show, Dolly: A True American Musical. Parton also told People in her last interview that she was excited about her partnership with Community Coffee to launch Cup of Ambition Coffee. 'That’s a dream I’ve had for over 40 years, ever since I wrote the line about ‘cup of ambition’ in my song 9 to 5,' she said. 'But, you know, some dreams take longer to come to life than others.' Parton gushed about her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, in her last interview, admitting that she had not paid attention to some of her health problems while caring for him Parton had pulled out of her Las Vegas residency, telling fans that she was taking medication and needed time to heal before getting back on stage Parton wrote and recorded 9 to 5 in 1980 for the comedy film of the same name, in which she starred alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.She wrote the track on set by clicking her nails together to form the beat, and it became one of her biggest hits of the decade.It went on to win numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Country Song of the Year and Female Country Vocal of the Year at the Grammy Awards.Parton's death came over a year after her husband's, whom she had been married to for nearly 60 years. In her tribute at the time, she reflected on the 'many wonderful years' they spent together as she expressed her deep love for Carl and thanked fans for their prayers.'Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,' she said. 'Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.'Parton and Dean first met at a laundromat in Nashville in 1964, when she was just 18. They married in 1966, and Dean remained a constant and supportive figure for Parton behind the scenes.Parton's nephew announced her death in a touching tribute, revealing in a video message that she had 'asked of me years ago before I fully absorbed it as a future reality.'Seaver hailed his aunt for having 'lived in the light' and said she was now 'in the arms of Jesus' and the company of her husband, as well as her parents and 'countless others who have watched her and longed to meet her in the heavens.'