Celebrity Death: (by association) Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband, Dies at 82

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From: Variety.com
Mar 3, 2025 4:34pm PT

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband, Dies at 82

By Chris Willman

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton‘s little-seen but often talked-about husband of six decades, has died, the singer announced Monday on social media. He was 82. ...

Dean has been a subject of fan fascination since the beginning of Parton’s career, never attending events with the superstar and rarely even seen in photographs, with Parton always insisting that their mutual agreement on his staying out of the limelight helped the relationship stay together.

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A background story ... Variety: A Rare Encounter With Dolly Parton’s Elusive Husband, Carl Dean: What a Journalist Learned From Her Glimpse of the Couple at Home
 

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