Dean, who owned an asphalt paving business in Nashville, Tennessee, was the inspiration behind the country superstar’s hit song Jolene.

Dolly Parton has known her husband, Carl Dean, for nearly as long as she’s been pursuing music. She met him on her very first ...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...

DailyMail.com takes a look inside Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's intensely private marriage after she announced his tragic ...

Carl Thomas Dean has died at the age of 82. He married Dolly Parton in 1966 but stayed out of the spotlight and was rarely seen in public.

Despite keeping their relationship out of the limelight, the couple had been together for 60 years before his death.