In a 2019 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Dolly Parton shared just what motivated one of her most beloved songs—and ...

Who was Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean - and how did he inspire Jolene? Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Thomas Dean was a ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional characters, with her "flaming locks of auburn hair," "Ivory skin" and "Eyes of ...

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

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, passed away in Nashville at 82. Dean was the inspiration for Parton's hit song "Jolene," based on a bank teller who admired him. The couple met in 1964 and ...

Carl Dean, the reclusive husband of country star Dolly Parton, has died at age 82. They were married for 58 years. Here's ...

"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 ...

Simplicity is key to the song’s appeal. “It’s just the same word over and over,” Parton told NPR. “Even a first-grader or a baby can sing, 'Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene'. It's like, how hard can ...

Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end,” she wrote about the ...

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

Dolly was 18 years old when she met Carl outside a laundromat in Nashville, and he went on to inspire her global hit “Jolene.