“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3 in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ...

See photos of the country singer throughout ... look great as she signs autographs in this photo from the 80s. Want to see Dolly Parton over the years? Scroll through the gallery to see her ...

Dolly Parton and her late husband, Carl Dean, zealously guarded their privacy over the course of their nearly-60-year marriage, but there are still public pictures of several of the homes they ...

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"I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me)," said Parton of their first meeting.

Carl Thomas Dean has died at the age of 82. He married Dolly Parton in 1966 but stayed out of the spotlight and was rarely seen in public.

"I wouldn't be here/ If you hadn't been there," the country icon sings on the song dedicated to her partner of 60 years, who ...

Dolly Parton and her late husband, Carl Dean, zealously guarded their privacy over the course of their nearly-60-year ...