Carl Thomas Dean, husband of country music icon Dolly Parton, has died. He was 82. Parton shared the news on Monday in a statement posted on her official social media channels. "Carl and I spent ...

Country music legend Dolly Parton is mourning the loss of her husband, Carl Thomas Dean. He passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025, at the age of 82 in Nashville. The lowkey couple was married for ...

Dolly was 18 and Carl was 21 when they met outside of the Wishy Washy Laundromat in 1964 when she first arrived to his native Nashville to pursue a music career. “I'd come to Nashville with ...

Carl Thomas Dean, who was with Dolly Parton for over 60 years, has died at age 82. A bank teller who had an evident crush on Dean inspired Parton's hit song "Jolene." PARTON: (Singing) I'm begging ...

Dolly Parton married businessman Carl Thomas Dean in 1966. In March 2025, she announced her late husband’s death. Learn more about him here. Dolly Parton has been a staple of the music industry ...

One of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits was inspired, in part, by her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean. The country music icon said her 1973 smash hit “Jolene,” which went to the top of Billboard's ...

Carl Thomas Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband, has died at the age of 82. Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, March 3, a post on Parton’s Facebook reads. He will be laid to rest in a ...

Dolly Parton has released an emotional ballad honoring her late husband Carl Thomas Dean, who died on Monday at the age of 82. Parton announced the release of the single "If You Hadn’t Been ...