Dolly Parton is one of the most beloved figures in country music, and perhaps in pop culture generally. The prolific singer and songwriter continues to tour in her seventies to sold out crowds, and she맥스카지노�s been performing since her preteens. She met her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, during her first day in Nashville, where she moved for her career. They were together for over half a century until Dean맥스카지노�s death on March 3, 2025. 맥스카지노�Words can맥스카지노�t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,맥스카지노� she said in a statement when announcing the news. And yet, they were barely ever seen together. Parton and Dean offered Hollywood a perfect example of keeping your private life private, though Parton often praises her husband in interviews and uses him as inspiration for her music. Here맥스카지노�s what we have managed to learn about their relationship over their many years together. 1964When Parton was 18 years old, she stepped into the Wishy Washy Laundromat and met her husband. It was her very first day in Nashville, and when Dean spotted her, he knew he맥스카지노�d found something special. "Entertainment Tonight" reports that Dean said his first thought after meeting Parton was 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m gonna marry that girl.맥스카지노�He added, 맥스카지노�My second thought was, 맥스카지노�Lord she맥스카지노�s good lookin.맥스카지노� And that was the day my life began.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�d come to Nashville with dirty clothes,맥스카지노� Parton told the "New York Times" of their fateful meeting. 맥스카지노�I was in such a hurry to get here 맥스카지노� and after I맥스카지노�d put my clothes in the machine, I started walkin맥스카지노� down the street, just lookin맥스카지노� at my new home, and this guy hollered at me, and I waved. Bein맥스카지노� from the country, I spoke to everybody. And he came over and, well, it was Carl, my husband.맥스카지노�They started getting serious pretty fast. Parton was staying with her aunt and uncle, and Dean would come visit her as she looked after her young cousin during the day. It was 1964, so all they did was talk on the porch, and Parton said she 맥스카지노�wouldn't even take him in the house.맥스카지노�But the very first day she was free, he took her to his house 맥스카지노� to meet his parents.맥스카지노�That was my first chance to go anywhere with Carl, and he drove me straight to his folks맥스카지노� house and introduced me to his mother and daddy,맥스카지노� she remembered. 맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Cause he said he knew right the minute he saw me that that맥스카지노�s the one he wanted.맥스카지노�1966After two years of dating, Dean proposed to his gal, and it was for partially practical reasons. Parton lived far from town, but she wasn맥스카지노�t going to move in with Dean until they got hitched. So they did and got closer to Nashville center. But Parton맥스카지노�s star was on the rise, and she said her manager at the time, Fred Foster, warned her that promotion would be more difficult if she was known to be married. They toned down plans for a big wedding, and got married quietly in Georgia at the Ringgold Baptist Church. Only the pastor, his wife, and Parton맥스카지노�s mother, Avie Lee Owens, were in attendance. 맥스카지노�I said, 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve got to have momma there,맥스카지노�맥스카지노� the singer remembered. 맥스카지노�So I had bought a little dress, momma had bought me a Bible, some flowers on it. We grabbed momma and went back, and got married on a Monday, in a church.맥스카지노�It was just in time, too, because that was the year she won her first songwriter award for 맥스카지노�Put It Off Until Tomorrow.맥스카지노� Dean joined her at the Broadcast Music, Inc. dinner ceremony.맥스카지노�Carl and I got dressed up, he was in a tux, and we drove to the dinner. We got out and walked up the red carpet and went inside and sat through dinner and the awards, and I went up and got my award,맥스카지노� she recalled later.However, it was a turning point in their relationship.맥스카지노�After the dinner, we walked back out, and they brought us our car맥스카지노�and we got in it and headed for home,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�Carl turned to me and said, 맥스카지노�Dolly, I want you to have everything you want, and I맥스카지노�m happy for you, but don맥스카지노�t you ever ask me to go to another one of them dang things again!맥스카지노�맥스카지노�September 1969While the couple were very private, Parton did offer a tribute to Dean very early in their relationship, releasing her first solo album, "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy." On the cover was a photo of fella sitting on a log in jeans and a plaid red shirt. That was her husband.October 1973The songwriter맥스카지노�s massive 1973 hit 맥스카지노�Jolene맥스카지노� was inspired by Dean, Parton admitted in 2008, during an interview with "NPR." There was a girl with 맥스카지노�beautiful red hair맥스카지노� at a show of hers which inspired her, but the fears of infidelity came from a flirtation she noticed between her husband and a woman who worked as a local bank teller.맥스카지노�She got this terrible crush on my husband,맥스카지노� Parton claimed. 맥스카지노�And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us 맥스카지노� when I was saying, 맥스카지노�Hell, you맥스카지노�re spending a lot of time at the bank. I don맥스카지노�t believe we맥스카지노�ve got that kind of money.맥스카지노� So it맥스카지노�s really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one.맥스카지노�She was more forceful about this mysterious lady a few years later while introducing the song at the Glastonbury Festival, according to "The Independent."맥스카지노�I wrote that years ago when my husband맥스카지노�was spending a little more time with Jolene than I thought he should be," she told the audience. 맥스카지노�I put a stop to that. I got rid of that redhead woman in a hurry.맥스카지노�April 1977In 1977, Parton was on the cover of "People." She described her husband in her interview by saying, 맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s sort of shy and quiet.맥스카지노�What we have together is so sweet and good that I맥스카지노�d never want it to get jumbled up with the other.맥스카지노�At that point, Dean had somehow never seen his wife perform, so there was no mixing at all. When asked about kids in the same interview, she replied, 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t know that I won맥스카지노�t have children someday. But it맥스카지노�s just not possible for me to bear children and leave them for somebody else to raise while I have a career. If I wait until I맥스카지노�m naturally too old to have children, I can always adopt them.맥스카지노�Parton added, 맥스카지노�When I listen to my own things, I think to myself, 맥스카지노�I was the mother of that.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�1980By the early eighties, Dean맥스카지노�s very existence was in question. People wondered if Parton had made him up, because he was never at her shows, on the red carpet or by her side. Parton headed to Los Angeles to film the classic movie "9 to 5" in 1980, and a year later she combatted rumors of her husband being made up in an interview with "People," saying he was with her in L.A. the whole two month shoot.맥스카지노�Carl is the one man in my life,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�I would love to grow old with him. If he should die first, I may never marry again. My love is that deep.맥스카지노�1982The couple faced rumors of a divorce, but Parton denied it, saying, 맥스카지노� was the man God intended for me to have. We맥스카지노�ll just always be together 맥스카지노� To him it맥스카지노�s all a joke. There ain맥스카지노�t a man in this world could ever live up to my husband. That맥스카지노�s one of the things that keeps me from going too far.맥스카지노�July 2002In a tribute to her husband, Parton covered Led Zeppelin맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Stairway to Heaven맥스카지노� on her album "Halos & Horns."맥스카지노�I do songs that I just love,맥스카지노� she said in an interview. 맥스카지노�My husband has such an odd taste in music, and he loves Led Zeppelin. He맥스카지노�s been a 맥스카지노�Led Head맥스카지노� from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music. 맥스카지노�Stairway to Heaven맥스카지노� was always Carl맥스카지노�s favorite.맥스카지노�Parton added, 맥스카지노�It was kind of like 맥스카지노�our song맥스카지노� because at romantic times or sweet times, we맥스카지노�d just be riding around in the car and if that would come on, Lord, he맥스카지노�d just knock us out of the car turning it up full blast.맥스카지노�2012While a lot of Parton맥스카지노�s love songs are inspired by her one true love with Dean, in 2012 she said very directly that he inspired the song she wrote for her 2012 film "Joyful Noise," 맥스카지노�From Here to the Moon and Back.맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�I needed to write a beautiful love song,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�I picked my husband, who I love, and I thought, 맥스카지노�Well, I맥스카지노�ll write some beautiful song about him.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�She added, 맥스카지노�It was about my husband in the movie, played by Kris Kristofferson. So I thought in order to make it really real and really touching, I would write it about my real, true emotions about someone I really do love and have loved for more than half of my life.맥스카지노�May 2012In an interview, Parton shared that she and Dean visit Ringgold, the town they were married in around their anniversary whenever they can. 맥스카지노�I do have an anniversary on the 30th of May and last weekend we went to Ringgold,맥스카지노� she revealed. 맥스카지노�We try to go down there every year if we can. We at least go every three years. We take a trip down there and take a picnic."She added, 맥스카지노�They never know that we맥스카지노�re there.맥스카지노�October 2014The couple never had any children, which Parton has said she is fine with.맥스카지노�When my husband and I were dating, and then when we got married, we just assumed we would have kids,맥스카지노� Parton told "Billboard" in 2014. 맥스카지노�We weren맥스카지노�t doing anything to stop it. In fact, we thought maybe we would. We even had names if we did, but it didn맥스카지노�t turn out that way.맥스카지노�That same year she told "People," 맥스카지노�I often think, it just wasn맥스카지노�t meant for me to have kids so everybody맥스카지노�s kids can be mine.맥스카지노�March 2015When asked by "People" how her marriage has worked for so long, Parton replied, 맥스카지노�My husband is a good man, first of all. He맥스카지노�s a deep person, but he has a great and warped sense of humor. He makes me laugh and entertains me. He맥스카지노�s very secure within himself.맥스카지노�She continued, 맥스카지노�They say that opposites attract, and it맥스카지노�s true. We맥스카지노�re completely opposite, but that맥스카지노�s what makes it fun. I never know what he맥스카지노�s gonna say or do. He맥스카지노�s always surprising me.맥스카지노�December 2015맥스카지노�I married a really good man, a guy that맥스카지노�s completely different from me,맥스카지노� Parton told "Parade" of her spouse in 2015. 맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s not in show business.맥스카지노�She added, 맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s not resentful of any of that.... I맥스카지노�m happy when I맥스카지노�m on stage, I맥스카지노�m happy when things are going great in the business, but I맥스카지노�m also very happy when I맥스카지노�m home with and we do our little things together. We sight-see all of Tennessee and Kentucky, the areas that we can get back home from at night. Sometimes we맥스카지노�ll stay over at a Days Inn where we can just pull up and sneak me in. We don맥스카지노�t care, as long as the bed맥스카지노�s clean and there맥스카지노�s a bathroom. That맥스카지노�s how we live.맥스카지노�May 2016Parton and Dean renewed their vows, this time at their home in Nashville.맥스카지노�We맥스카지노�re going to get married again!맥스카지노� Parton told "People" ahead of the event. 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ll have a beautiful wedding dress, 맥스카지노�cause I didn맥스카지노�t have a big, long wedding dress when we got married and we맥스카지노�ve got a suit for him, so we맥스카지노�re going to dress up and take a bunch of pictures.맥스카지노�Afterwards, she told "Rolling Stone" Dean 맥스카지노�looked like a handsome dude out of Hollywood맥스카지노� during the ceremony.She described the day, saying, 맥스카지노�We had a few family and friends around. We didn맥스카지노�t plan anything big at all because we didn맥스카지노�t want any kind of strain, any kind of tension, any kind of commotion, so we planned it cleverly and carefully. We just had just a few people who needed to be there to make sure they got the pictures and the few things that we needed. We just had fun with it.맥스카지노�Afterwards, they went on a honeymoon, since they both had to get back to work the next day after their first wedding. Parton told "Yahoo!" that they were taking and RV trip around the country, something they like to do regular for vacations. 맥스카지노�We like to get out in our little RV and just be simple,맥스카지노� Parton told "People" in 2015. 맥스카지노�I love to read, I love to cook, I love to be with my husband. I put on my little comfy clothes 맥스카지노� I call them my baby clothes 맥스카지노� and we just relax.맥스카지노�August 2016Parton맥스카지노�s 2016 album Pure and Simple was created around the many stages of life and love she and Dean have shared over the years. She told "Rolling Stone," 맥스카지노�I was just trying to think about all the different colors of love through the years. I thought, 맥스카지노�Well, I맥스카지노�m going to write about mine and Carl's relationship. It맥스카지노�s just a pure and simple relationship,맥스카지노� so it started with that and then I thought, 맥스카지노�Well, why don맥스카지노�t I just write a whole album of love songs?맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Two tracks, 맥스카지노�Say Forever You'll Be Mine맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�Tomorrow Is Forever맥스카지노� were written decades ago soon after they tied the knot.맥스카지노�I wrote those back in the early, early days of our marriage,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�I had those two songs on albums years ago back in the 맥스카지노�70s. So I just pulled those out again because I thought they were precious.맥스카지노�July 2021Parton appeared on the cover of "Playboy" in 1978, and her husband was apparently a huge fan. For his July 20th birthday, Parton recreated the image wearing one of their iconic suits and ears, and shared a clip of the event with her fans. She gifted him framed shots of the two pictures side-by-side.맥스카지노�Today is July 20, it맥스카지노�s my husband Carl's birthday,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�My husband always loved the original cover, so I was trying to think of something to do to make him happy. He still thinks I맥스카지노�m a hot chick, after 57 years, and I맥스카지노�m not gonna try to talk him out of that. And I hope he agrees.맥스카지노� She captioned the clip, 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s always #HotgirlSummer for my husband Carl.맥스카지노�November 2021Parton shared rare picture of her husband in which is wearing a T-shirt with her name on it and holding her hand. In the caption, she wrote, 맥스카지노�Find you a partner who will support you like my Carl Dean does!맥스카지노�Later that month, she shared another throwback photo for Thanksgiving of the pair sitting together in the old days.February 2022For Valentine맥스카지노�s Day, Parton continued to go through the old files and offered a photo of Dean kissing her on the cheek for the romantic holiday. 맥스카지노�Happy Valentine맥스카지노�s Day, y맥스카지노�all! Remember to squeeze your loved ones a little tighter today and tell them you love 맥스카지노�em!맥스카지노� she wrote.November 2022In an interview with "Better Homes & Gardens," Parton painted a picture of what the holidays are like for her and Dean. Their traditions include red and green pancakes on Christmas morning, and chocolate-covered cherries are enjoyed, something Parton맥스카지노�s parents once did. Dean also always gives his wife a poem or sings her a song her wrote himself. The singer says husband 맥스카지노�has a beautiful voice.맥스카지노�December 2022Parton told "ET Canada" that sharing a sense of humor is the key to her marriage of six decades.맥스카지노�We both have a warped sense of humor, 맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you맥스카지노�re married like that. Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can맥스카지노�t take back usually have some crazy way of getting out of it.맥스카지노�It also helps that with their very different careers and schedules they맥스카지노�re not 맥스카지노�in each other's face all the time.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together,맥스카지노� she explained. 맥스카지노�So it was meant to be, I think. He was the one I was supposed to have and vice versa.맥스카지노�January 2023After all these years, people still want to know about Parton맥스카지노�s mysterious husband. In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight," Parton called Dean a 맥스카지노�loner.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s kind of a loner, so he doesn맥스카지노�t really like being with anybody but me,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�He맥스카지노�s not one to kind of get out there and socialize that much. He loves living on the farm, taking care of the property as he has for all these many years.맥스카지노�October 2024Parton addressed why she is no longer touring in an interview with "Good Housekeeping" and mentioned Dean as being part of the reason. 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t tour anymore,맥스카지노� she started with a laugh. 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve got so many business things I맥스카지노�m doing. And my husband and I are getting older 맥스카지노� he맥스카지노�s a little older than I am 맥스카지노� and I kind of need to be with him.맥스카지노� Tours demand a lot of time: 맥스카지노�You got to be committed to that,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�And I did that all my life.맥스카지노�Of her career plans generally, she said, 맥스카지노�I might take off of you know, a month instead of a week, but no, I don맥스카지노�t plan to ever retire unless my husband was sick and really needed me, or I was sick, that맥스카지노�d be the only two reasons I would ever quit. And let맥스카지노�s hope that never happens.맥스카지노�March 2025Parton announced on Instagram that Dean passed away at the age of 82 on March 3, 2025. 맥스카지노�Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,맥스카지노� she said in a statement. 맥스카지노�Words can맥스카지노�t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.맥스카지노�