"Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton shared in a statement on Monday. "Thank you for your ...

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Thomas Dean, has passed away at the age of 82. The pair had been married nearly 60 years, having ...

Carl Dean was Dolly Parton’s soulmate. The singer, 79, announced Monday that her husband of nearly 60 years died in Nashville ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song “Jolene” is perhaps one of country music’s most famous fictional ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...

One of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits was inspired, in part, by her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean. The country music icon said ...

Country icon Dolly Parton announced the death of her husband of 58 years, Carl Thomas Dean, via Instagram on March 3. Dean ...

Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Carl Dean, Parton's husband of nearly 59 years, died at 82. His interaction with a bank teller who had a "terrible crush" inspired one of Parton's most enduring hits.

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.

She and Dean got married on May 30, 1966 (Memorial Day) in a small ceremony attended by only Parton’s mother Avie Lee Parton, ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...