Carl Dean’s husband Dolly Parton He died in Nashville, Tennessee for more than 60 years. The singer announced on social media on Monday.
“Karl and I have had many wonderful years together. Words cannot do justice to the love we have shared over 60 years. We appreciate your prayers and sympathy,” Parton said in a statement. Dean was 82 years old.
Dean passed away Monday and will be placed to rest at a private ceremony attended by a Parton spokesperson.
When the couple met in 1964, they bumped into each other outside their hopeful sink on the first day Parton moved to Nashville. He swept her out of her feet Parton explained laterand the couple got married two years later.
“While he spoke to me, he was surprised and pleased to see my face (something unusual for me). He seems really interested in finding out who I am and what I am,” she said in an interview posted to her website to celebrate her 50th anniversary.
Dean was a businessman who ran an asphalt sales company in Nashville until he retired. He remained in the spotlight for many years and years when Parton gained fame, but they weren’t portrayed together in public places. In 2011, Parton told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that “he’s nervous” only came out to see her play a handful.
In 2016, Parton said he didn’t expect him to agree to the ceremony Renew their wedding vows.
“Well, he’s shy about the public. In fact, I was surprised he was willing to do this, but I’m proud because it’s been going on for 50 years,” she said.
Parton and Dean had no children together. I asked if she regretted it Interview with CBS’s 2019 Sunday Morning Parton replied, “No, not at all. It was not intended. And I did not regret it. I mean, you made your choice. You made your choice, you made a sacrifice, I was not going to walk that path.
Dean was survived by his brothers, Sandra and Donnie, Parton’s statement said.
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