Dolly Parton announced that she was retiring from touring to spend more time at home with her husband, Carl Dean. “They were in love until the very end,” says a friend of the couple. “They gave each other exactly what the other needed.

Dolly Parton released a beautiful new song as a tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean, days after his death on Monday. Dean was 82. “I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,” Parton said in an Instagram post this week,

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Dolly Parton has released a loving tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean. Parton, 79, announced last Monday that Dean had passed away at age 82. The country music l

Mr. Dean, who inspired songs including “Jolene” and “From Here to the Moon and Back,” was known to shy away from the spotlight as his wife rose to fame.

Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There.”

Inside the lyrics of Dolly Parton's new song, "If You Hadn't Been There," is a sweet message to her late husband Carl Dean.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton’s publicist, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending.