Dolly Parton has paid tribute to her late husband Carl Dean, following his death on Monday. Dean, who was 82 years old, was ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...

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

Here's how Dolly Parton's relationship with Carl Dean in their early years of marriage played a role in the creation of one ...

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.

The singer's hit song was released in October 1973, and was inspired by a woman who had a crush on her husband, Carl Dean, ...

Their relationship inspired several of Parton's songs, most notably "Jolene," which she wrote after a flirtatious bank teller developed a crush on Dean. The couple's privacy was so fiercely guarded ...

How Dolly Parton’s husband Carl Dean inspired her hit song Jolene – and how he felt about it - Country music icon’s husband ...

Carl Dean, the husband of music legend Dolly Parton, has passed away at the age of 82. Despite his long marriage to one of ...