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Dolly Parton Speaks Out in Touching Statement After Husband Carl Dean’s Death: ‘I Will Always Love You’

Dolly Parton addressed her supporters in a statement days after the death of her husband of 59 years, Carl Thomas Dean, writing, 'I will always love you.'

Thank you for all the messages, cards, and flowers that you’ve sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl,” Dolly, 79, wrote on Instagram on Thursday, March 6. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSWFollowing Carl’s death, a source told Closer that Dolly’s heart is broken but she plans on keeping her husband’s memory alive in any way she can. “I was in such a hurry to get here — and after I’d put my clothes in the machine, I started walkin’ down the street, just lookin’ at my new home, and this guy hollered at me, and I waved.

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