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Why Dolly Parton Chose to Keep Her Relationship With Her Husband Private


Dolly Parton shared why she kept her marriage to Carl Dean private and how their relationship worked for 61 years until his passing in March

Dolly Parton got candid about the moment she realized she felt like she wanted to keep her relationship with her late husband, Carl Dean, out of the public eye. Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, was last spotted in a rare public outing five years before his death. As a singer, actress and philanthropist, she looms larger than life; as a wife, she kept a veil of privacy over her marriage to late husband Carl Dean, who died in March 2025 at the age of 82.

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