Dolly Parton’s Silent Partner: The Untold Story of Carl Thomas Dean’s Life and Legacy at 82
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” the music icon said in a statement on social media.
“Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,” she added. “Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” the Jolene singer wrote on social media
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Despite being married to America’s sweetheart, Dean largely stayed out of the spotlight since they fell in love in the 1960s. He focused on his asphalt-paving business in Nashville, while his wife went on to become one of the most famous singers of all time.
Parton was 18 when she moved to Nashville to fulfill her music dreams in 1964. She met Dean outside a laundromat on her very first day in the new city.
Dean was sure Parton would be his wife on the day he met her
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Dean described the encounter as “the day my life began.”
“My first thought was ‘I’m gonna marry that girl,’” he said, as quoted by ET.
Two years later, his prediction came true.
They exchanged wedding vows on May 30, 1966, in Ringgold, Georgia, in the presence of only her mother, the pastor, and his wife.
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Parton, who once described her husband as a “shy and quiet” man, said she may never marry again if he passed away before her.
“Carl is the one man in my life,” she told People in 1981. “I would love to grow old with him. If he should die first, I may never marry again. My love is that deep.”
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