Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.
Category: Dean, Carl (1942-2025)
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Dolly Parton’s Marriage to Carl Dean Was Fueled by Distance and Difference
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Dolly Parton Memorializes Her Husband, Carl Dean, in a New Song
“Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There.”