By Maya Salam Over their nearly 60-year marriage, Carl Dean inspired his wife, the country music superstar Dolly Parton, to write several songs. There was “Just Because I’m a Woman” in 1968 ...

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82, helped birth one of the most iconic songs of her career. The country music star, 79, has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene," in ...

Carl Thomas Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died on March 3. He was 82. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for ...

Dolly Parton shared that her husband, Carl Dean, whom she lovingly praised in interviews throughout her career, has died at the age of 82. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” the ...

Dolly Parton and Carl Dean had one of the entertainment industry's most enduring marriages, but very little is known about the country music legend's late husband. Despite being married to the ...

Parton shared the news via an Instagram statement. "Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82," the statement read. "He will be laid to rest in a ...

Dolly Parton is thanking her support system in the days following the death of her husband Carl Dean, who she said she has accepted is "in God's arms now." The country music legend shared a ...

Dolly Parton's late husband served as inspiration for one of the country music star's biggest hits. Carl Dean, who died March 3, caught the eye of a bank teller in the 1970s – leading Parton to ...

"I thought, 'Well, I better put one of Carl's favorites of mine in here." She also covered a few of his favorites on the temporary detour from country music: Lynard Skynyrd 's "Free Bird" and Led ...

Carl Dean, the husband of Dolly Parton of over 60 years, has died in Nashville, Tennessee, the singer announced on her social media on Monday. "Carl and I spent many wonderful years together.

Soon, she’d be selling songs on Music Row, building momentum for one ... outside the WishyWashy Laundromat, Parton met Carl Thomas Dean. They married two years later and remained together ...

Jewel and Lainey Wilson have led celebrities in sending Dolly Parton their condolences following her husband Carl Dean's death. The country music icon issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that ...