Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," Parton wrote on Instagram. "Words can't do justice to the love we shared for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout their almost 60-year-long marriage, singer, chef and theme park owner Dolly Parton has remained rather tight-lipped ...

Dolly Parton married businessman Carl Thomas Dean in 1966. In March 2025, she announced her late husband's death. Learn more about him here.

1966: Carl Thomas Dean proposes to Dolly Parton Dean's proposal to his girlfriend of two years wasn't exactly traditional. In the book Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton by Stephen Miller, Parton revealed ...