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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband, Dies at 82


Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's little-seen but often talked-about husband, has died at 82.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton ‘s little-seen but often talked-about husband of six decades, has died, the singer announced Monday on social media. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” Parton wrote in an Instagram post. Dean has been a subject of fan fascination since the beginning of Parton’s career, never attending events with the superstar and rarely even seen in photographs, with Parton always insisting that their mutual agreement on his staying out of the limelight helped the relationship stay together.

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