{"id":2721,"date":"2025-03-04T09:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2025-03-04T09:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:50:38","slug":"dolly-partons-husband-of-nearly-60-years-carl-dean-dies-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=2721","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s husband of nearly 60 years Carl Dean dies aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton has announced the death of her reclusive husband, Carl Dean, after nearly 60 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Parton, 79, announced on Instagram that her husband died on Monday, March 3, in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The country star said in the announcement: \u2018Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can\u2019t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It was added that Dean will be laid to rest in a private ceremony and is survived by his siblings Donnie and Sandra \u2013 with the family asking for privacy at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Parton and Dean met 61 years ago in 1964 outside the Wishy Washy launderette in Nashville, on the very day that the music icon moved to Tennessee. They became inseparable and travelled to Georgia two years later, to become husband and wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me),\u2019 she wrote on her website in a loving post to mark their 50th anniversary nine years ago in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The couple never had any children during their relationship, which spanned over six decades<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PRI_115549680-bcce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PRI_115549680-bcce.jpg 471w, https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PRI_115549680-bcce-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple met outside a laundrette (Picture: DollyParton.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple kept their relationship out of the spotlight and were only occasionally seen together in public. Despite the privacy surrounding the couple, Parton did speak about her enduring relationship with Dean many times throughout her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I like it when people say, \u201cHow did it last so long?\u201d I say, \u201cI stay going,\u201d\u2019 she said. \u2018There\u2019s a lot to be said about that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So we\u2019re not in each other\u2019s face all the time. He\u2019s not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together. So it was meant to be, I think. He was the one I was supposed to have and vice versa,\u2019 she told ET Canada.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2724\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_40804563-cbf9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_40804563-cbf9.jpg 591w, https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_40804563-cbf9-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple was married for 59 years \u2013 tying the knot in 1966 (Picture: Amanda Savinon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018We both have a warped sense of humor. And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you\u2019re married like that. Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can\u2019t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve never had, you know, serious arguments to say bad things to each other we have to take back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He loves all of the songs,\u2019 she said, speaking about his support for his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton has announced the death of her reclusive husband, Carl Dean, after nearly 60 years of marriage. Parton, 79, announced on Instagram that her husband died on Monday, March 3, in Nashville. The country star said in the announcement: \u2018Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. 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