Dolly Partons Husband Carl Dean Death at 82

Dolly Parton
Husband Carl Dean dead at 82
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Carl Dean” Dolly PartonThe husband of more than half a century is dead … according to the icon itself.
Dolly announced the death of Carl on Monday evening and said that her loved one will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with their immediate family.
Although she did not mention a cause of death, Carl was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019.
Carl and Dolly married in 1966 after the first meeting in 1964 in a welding dromat in Nashville. Allegedly it was Dolly’s first day in Music City as an emerging singer/songwriter … and she had described their meeting as “Love at First Sight”.
Although they are together of the star of her legendary career, Carl – who was an asphalt contractor – rarely shared attention with his wife. Photos and videos of them in public are rare, although Dolly often spoke about him.
She says she wrote her number from 2012, “From here to the moon and the back”, for Carl … and they renewed their vows in 2016, which was their 50th birthday.
As she says: “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words cannot do justice to the love we have shared for more than 60 years.”
The couple would have celebrated their 59th birthday this year on 30 May.
Carl is survived by his brothers and sisters Sandra And DonnieAnd of course, Dolly … who thanked her fans for their prayers and sympathy.
Carl was 82.
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