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“I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old. We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together,” Parton wrote. “Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in ...

Days after her husband of 58 years, Carl Thomas Dean, died at the age of 82, the 79-year-old released an emotional song in his honor. “I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old ...

“Thank you for all the messages, cards and flowers that you’ve sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl. I can’t reah out personally to each of you but just know it ...

Dolly Parton will think of Carl Dean every step of the way. Just days after the music icon said goodbye to her husband of 58 years, Dolly penned a moving message on her grief journey.

Rarely seen, Carl Dean was the man who stood by Dolly Parton’s side as her partner and biggest supporter for 60 years. Parton’s husband has died. He was 82. Dean died March 3 in Nashville ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband and love of more than 60 years, has died. Parton made the announcement with a statement on her website and social media Monday. “Carl Dean, husband of Dolly ...

Dolly Parton‘s husband, Carl Dean, has died, the singer announced late on Monday. No cause of death was given. A statement posted to social media indicated he would “be laid to rest in a ...

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday at the age of 82. Parton and Dean had been together for more than 60 years. In previous interviews, Parton told BI about the dishes she loved to ...

Dolly Parton is grieving the loss of her husband Carl Dean, her notoriously private partner who was nonetheless her greatest champion during their time together. Carl passed away on March 3 at the ...

The cause of Carl’s death remains unclear. In the statement that was posted to Dolly’s Instagram, no details surrounding Carl’s passing were disclosed, and his family requested privacy from ...

Dolly Parton found the love of her life back in the ’60s when she first met her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, an accomplished businessman. The two met in Nashville and married in 1966.