Dolly Parton's late husband Carl Dean served as the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits. Parton loosely wrote "Jolene" about a bank teller who had a crush on Dean.

We’re different people,” the country music star said about her late husband. “But we just work so well together.” ...

After meeting outside a Nashville laundromat when she was 18 years old, Dolly Parton and her loving husband Carl Dean would ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's supportive husband of nearly 60 years, who avoided the spotlight and inspired the country legend's ...

Dolly Parton and her late husband, Carl Dean, never had children during their 60 years of marriage. The 79-year-old singer ...

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

Billy Ray and Tish were married for 30 years before she filed for divorce in April 2022. Together, they share sons Trace, 36, ...

Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ was famously inspired by her late husband, Carl Dean, but she wrote several other songs about him ...

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

Dolly Parton revealed her husband of nearly 60 years died this week, and the country community has stepped up to support her.

Mr. Dean, who inspired songs including “Jolene” and “From Here to the Moon and Back,” was known to shy away from the ...

Kimberly Burch, Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe's fiancee, died after falling off a cruise ship in March 2025.