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Dolly Parton Says She's 'OK' With Husband Carl Dean Being in 'God's Arms'

Dolly Parton said she’s ‘OK’ with husband Carl Dean being in ‘God’s arms’ in a second statement following his death

Thank you or all the messages, cards and flowers that you’ve sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl,” Parton, 79, shared in an Instagram statement on Thursday, March 6. Courtesy of Dolly Parton/InstagramA cause of death has not been revealed, but the statement declared that Dean would be “laid to rest in a private ceremony.” He is survived by Parton and his two siblings, Sandra and Donnie. 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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