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

Billy Ray and Tish were married for 30 years before she filed for divorce in April 2022. Together, they share sons Trace, 36, ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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

Billy Ray Cyrus and his ex-wife Tish are both thinking about longtime friend Dolly Parton after the death of her husband, Carl Dean The "Jolene" singer, 79, shared a statement to Instagram on ...