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Everything Dolly Parton Has Said About Her Late Husband Carl Dean


The beloved singer, actress and philanthropist announced on Monday, March 3, that her husband of 60 years had passed away

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. “I left two boyfriends that had wanted to marry me and kept saying, ‘No, I’m gonna move to Nashville,’” Parton said in 2024, the year they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Dolly Parton and her husband, Carl Dean, are still blissfully in love after 58 years of marriage — as long as he doesn’t have to join her on the red carpet.

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