One of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits was inspired, in part, by her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean. The country music icon said ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song “Jolene” is perhaps one of country music’s most famous fictional ...

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died aged 82 in Nashville. Parton and her husband married in 1966 after ...

Carl Dean was Dolly Parton’s soulmate. The singer, 79, announced Monday that her husband of nearly 60 years died in ...

Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18. Canada retaliates after Trump ...

Carl Dean, Parton's husband of nearly 59 years, died at 82. His interaction with a bank teller who had a "terrible crush" inspired one of Parton's most enduring hits.

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

He was 82. Dean died March 3 in Nashville, Parton announced on her social media accounts. Dean was a Nashville ...

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. Words ...

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

Dolly Parton suffered a devastating loss in early March 2025 when her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, died at 82.