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Dolly Parton Tears Up While Talking Life After Husband Carl Dean’s Death: ‘It’s a Big Adjustment’

Dolly Parton got emotional while talking about her husband Carl Dean's recent death during an TODAY show interview.

Dolly Parton got choked up while talking about her late husband, Carl Dean, during an on-camera interview two months after the businessman’s death. While speaking about the 40th anniversary of her Dollywood theme park on TODAY Friday (May 2), the country superstar became visibly teary-eyed as soon as host Savannah Guthrie asked how Parton has been doing since Dean died at age 82 on March 3. At the time of Dean’s death, Parton released a simple statement asking for privacy, writing, “Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years.”

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