Jeannie Seely, Soulful Country Singer Behind Hits Like ‘Don’t Touch Me,’ Dies at 85

Jeannie Seely arrives at the 56th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 9, 2022. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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.