Her almost 60 years dedicated husband (Dolly Parton) businessman Carl Dean passed away at the age of 82.
According to a statement given to the Associated Press by the Famous Public Relations Officer, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. The funeral will take place in a close family circle.
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words cannot convey the love we have shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and support, “Parton wrote in a statement.
At the moment, the cause of death has not been known.
How Doli Parton met Carl Dill
The 18 -year -old party met Dean outside the Wishy Washy washing machine on the day he moved to Nashville.
“I was amazed and glad that while he was talking to me, he was looking at my face (something rare for me),” the singer had said for their first encounter. “He seemed to be honestly interested in learning who I was,” he added.
They got married two years later, on May 30, 1966 in Ringgold, Georgia, with the only invite her mother Parton.
The “ghost” wife and inspiration for “Jolene”
Dean maintained a asphalt pavement in Nashville. He had watched a few of the appearances of Candry’s flagship star and was a source of inspiration for the timeless song of Parton, “Jolene”. In 2008, the star had told the NPR that she wrote it on a bank on a bank that flirted with her husband.
The couple has kept total privacy around their relationship for decades, with Parton reporting on the Associated Press in 1984: “Many say that there is no Carl Dean, that they are just someone I devised to keep others away.”
