
Dolly parton
Pictures by Jason Kempin/GettyDolly partonthe husband, Carl DeanIt was last seen in a rare public exit five years before his death.
Parton announced on Monday, March 3 that Dean had died at the age of 82.
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” wrote Parton, 79 Instagram statement. “Words cannot do justice with the love we shared for more than 60 years. Thank you for your sentences and sympathy. “”
The couple tied the knot in 1966, when Parton’s music career took off. While the “Jolene” singer became super famous, he separated into performance and philanthropy, his intensely private spouse preferred to stay out of light.
After Parton gave his statement Monday, People Published photos This showed that Dean visited a post office near his Brentwood, Tennessee, at home in December 2019. The departure reported that it was the first time Dean had been publicly photographed in 40 years. In the snapshots, Dean was 77 years old and dressed in jeans, a shirt in paintings and a tanning coat. According to PeopleDean had come out with an assistant that day.
“We are the perfect partners,” Parton Explained exclusively Use weekly In January 2022: “Both have a great sense of humor. … we can solve any problem and any situation, joking about it and not leaving -too heavy, but we respect each other and we like each other. We were lucky, let’s put it that way. “

Parton and Dean on your younger days.
Courtesy of Dolly Parton/InstagramShe added: “You know, most people can maintain a marriage (it is strong) if you make a little effort. There are those who only get damaged and lazy and about things that are not important, such as leaving the toilet seat. And if that’s the worst thing you have to worry about, you already have trouble. “”
The day after graduating from high school in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville in his hometown of Seviplis to pursue singing. Soon met Dean Out of the desired Washy laundry.
When Dean put his eyes on Parton, “my first thought was that I am going to marry that girl,” he revealed on its 50th anniversary in 2016. “My second thought was, sir, is a good look.” And it was the day my life started. Would not trade for the last 50 years for nothing on this land. “”
As for Dolly, “I was surprised and I loved that, as I was talking, I was looking at my face (a rare thing for me). It seemed that I was really interested in finding out who he was and what he was.”
Dean supported his wife’s great profile, but he was not interested in being famous. He liked the focus so much that he avoided attending events with his wife.
While interviewing Parton for a profile in 1979, to Cosmopolitan reporter Finally saw a vision of Dean. “High and good look, rather like a young man Gregory peckIt has a way to move your angular body so that it looks like you are heading to you in sections, “the article is called.” It’s fan of the television comic book and the nightclub Steve Martin. “”
Parton previously addressed Dean’s Privacy need in an interview by 2020 Entertainment tonight.
“Many people have thought that (does not exist) over the years, because they do not want to be in the spotlight,” Parton told The Outlet. “It’s not who he is. It is, like, a quiet and reserved person. “”
“He said, ‘I did not choose this world, I chose you and you chose this world. But we can keep our lives separately and together. And we do and we have it,’ ‘said Parton at that time, and added that she’ always respected and appreciated ” this side.


