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Dolly Parton‘s songs have always been there to comfort us, bring joy and, occasionally, put certain people in their when they get a bit too cheeky. So it's perfectly fitting that following the death earlier this week of her husband of 60 years,

Dolly Parton reached out to fans, friends and family with what she called a "love note" Thursday in the wake of husband Carl Dean's death earlier this week. Then on Friday she dedicated a new song in his honor,