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One of many nation’s most beloved celebrities is in want of your ideas and prayers.
Carl Dean, the very non-public husband of Dolly Parton — who was married to the nation music icon for an unbelievable 60 years — has handed away.
He was 82 years previous.
Dolly Parton performs throughout “Dolly: An Original Musical” hearth chat and press convention at The Fisher Middle for the Performing Arts on January 28, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos)
“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. He is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie,” the message learn.
“Carl and I spent many fantastic years collectively. Phrases can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thanks to your prayers and sympathy.
“The family asks for privacy during this difficult time.”
Dolly Parton speaks onstage throughout Kicking Off CMA Fest: A Particular Dialog With Dolly Parton Hosted By Rachel Smith at Music Metropolis Middle on June 6, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos)
No explanation for loss of life has been introduced presently.
Dean who married Parton in 1966. He will likely be laid to relaxation in an intimate gathering attended by fast relations, based on this similar submit.
Whereas Dean and Parton clearly had a robust, wholesome and loving marriage… the previous was recognized for going out of his method to keep away from attending award exhibits and different public occasions after accompanying the singer to an occasion in 1967.
“I rented him a tux and begged him to go, and he did,” Parton recalled on the Dumb Blonde podcast in December. “And oh, he was so uncomfortable the whole night.”
Dolly Parton attends Dolly Parton’s Rockstar VIP Album Launch Social gathering with American Greetings on November 16, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos for American Greetings)
Parton and Dean met in 1964 at a Wishy Washy Laundromat the identical day she moved to city to start out her music profession.
“I’d come to Nashville with dirty clothes,” Parton advised The New York Instances method again in 1976.
“I used to be in such a rush to get right here. And after I’d put my garments within the machine, I began walkin’ down the road, simply lookin’ at my new house, and this man hollered at me, and I waved. Bein’ from the nation, I spoke to all people. And he came visiting and, effectively, it was Carl, my husband.
“I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me). He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.”
Dolly Parton speaks on stage on the 53rd Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame Gala at Music Metropolis Middle on October 11, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photograph by Jason Kempin/Getty Photos)
As said above, Dean embraced his privateness.
However Parton would gush about him from time to time, comparable to throughout an interview in 2022 with Us Weekly.
“We’re the perfect partners,” she advised this journal on the time.
“We both have a great sense of humor. … We’re able to solve any problem and any situation, making a joke about it and not letting it get too heavy, but we respect each other and we like each other. We lucked up, let’s put it that way.”
Carl Dean is survived by Parton and his two siblings, Sandra and Donnie. Could he relaxation in peace.
