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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Dean’s name has been in the headlines since Monday night when Parton tragically announced that he has died at the age of 82.

Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, who recently passed away, was the muse behind one of her greatest country songs.The 79-year-old country legend lost her husband on March 3rd, whom she ...

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

Their relationship inspired several of Parton's songs, most notably "Jolene," which she wrote after a flirtatious bank teller developed a crush on Dean. The couple's privacy was so fiercely guarded ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband for nearly 60 years and the man whose flirting inspired the classic hit 'Jolene,' has died. He was 82.