Parton shared the news on Instagram Stories, saying, “‘Carl and I spent many wonderful years together.
Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years.
Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
It was her first day in the city and she was just 18 years old.
While Dolly Parton made a name for herself in music, Dean had an asphalt business in Nashville.
Parton once said that one of their favorite things was to take their RV around Tennessee and Kentucky.
We don’t care, as long as the bed’s clean and there’s a bathroom.
That’s how we live," viaParade.
I never get tired of him.
… We’re different but yet we just are so compatible."
He even inspired some of her songs.
Her famous song “Jolene” was apparently about a bank teller who had a crush on Dean.
Dean will be very much missed, and our thoughts go out to Parton and the entire family.
