Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, dead at 82

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Parton’s Instagram moments ago.“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending.

He is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie,” the post stated.The “I Will Always Love You” singer included a few words of her own.“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together.

Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy,” her message read. “The family asks for privacy during this difficult time.”His cause of death has not been disclosed.Dean was born in Nashville in 1942 to Virginia “Ginny” Bates Dean and Edgar “Ed” Henry Dean; however, not much is known about his life before Parton.

The “9 to 5” songstress met her husband at a Wishy Washy Laundromat at 18.“I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me),” Parton shared about their meet cute. “He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about.”They said “I do” two years later, on May 30, 1966, in Ringgold, Georgia.Parton kept her relationship with Dean, who owned an asphalt-paving business, tight to her chest, rarely discussing their marriage in public.