Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

The couple married in 1966, just two short years after meeting at a laundromat in Nashville when Parton was 18 and Dean was ...

Dolly and Carl met outside their local laundromat in Nashville on the first day the singer moved to the famous music city in ...

The ultra-private Dean died March 3 at age 82, nearly 60 years after he married Parton in 1966 Billy Ray Cyrus and his ...

Following the devastating news of Carl Dean's death, Billy Ray Cyrus and his ex-wife, Tish Cyrus, are sending love to their ...

The 'Jolene' artist's charismatic persona and iconic music won the hearts of fans. Learn more about Dolly's career here.

“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a ...

Dolly Parton's late husband Carl Dean served as the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits. Parton loosely wrote "Jolene ...

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.

“Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus are seventh cousins, once removed! Their common ancestor is John Brickey, born in 1740 in Virginia,” Ancestry said in a statement given to Access Hollywood.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s little-seen but often talked-about husband of six decades, has died, the singer announced Monday on ...