Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Here's how Dolly Parton's relationship with Carl Dean in their early years of marriage played a role in the creation of one ...

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

Carl was the love of Dolly’s life before he died in 2025. Learn more about the couple’s private relationship and whether or ...

Dolly Parton's late husband Carl Dean served as the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits. Parton loosely wrote "Jolene ...

Dolly Parton's hit song was released in October 1973 and has since been covered by dozens of musicians. She previously said ...

She and Dean got married on May 30, 1966 (Memorial Day) in a small ceremony attended by only Parton’s mother Avie Lee Parton, ...

Dolly Parton released Jolene in 1973, and the song’s love triangle is actually based on a true story. She revealed the meaning of the song back in 2008.

Dolly Parton's husband of nearly six decades, Carl Dean, died at the age of 82. He supported Parton's country music career ...

The couple married in 1966, just two short years after meeting at a laundromat in Nashville when Parton was 18 and Dean was ...

Carl Dean, the husband of music legend Dolly Parton, has passed away at the age of 82. Despite his long marriage to one of ...

Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a laundromat on the day she moved to Nashville in 1964. Two years later, they tied the ...