US EditionDolly Parton releases tribute song after husband's death
- Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday after they spent 60 years together.
- Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat on the day she moved to Nashville at age 18.
- Parton and Dean married on Memorial Day in 1966, two years after they met.
- Parton wrote on Instagram Friday morning, "I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old," and dedicated the song "If You Hadn't Been There" to him.
- Dean inspired Parton's song "Jolene," which was based on a bank teller who Parton felt took an interest in her husband.
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Dolly Parton's Emotional New Song Paying Tribute To Her Late Husband Has Fans In Tears
Dolly Parton released an emotional new song that pays tribute to her husband of 60 years, Carl Dean, who sadly passed away in Nashville last Monday. Dean was 82. The star-crossed lovers first met in 1964, on the day Parton arrived in Nashville at the age of 18. It was love at first sight. They married two years later on May 30, 1966, Memorial Day, in Ringgold, Georgia. On Friday, the country music icon took to her socials and shared the new s…
Flashback: Dolly Parton Surprised Her Late Husband Carl Dean By Recreating Her Iconic 1978 Playboy Cover
Credit: (Screenshot), Access Hollywood and NowThis Impact, via YouTube The country music legend Dolly Parton is in mourning after her beloved husband Carl Dean, who she was married to for nearly 60 years, died last Monday. He was 82 years-old. In the wake of Dean’s tragic passing, a touching birthday gift that Parton gave him a few years ago has resurfaced. Indeed, the gift says it all about the loving and fun relationship that they shared. Par…
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