To call Carl Dean shy of the spotlight would be an understatement. Few seemed to know him personally outside of immediate family. Really, the most we know about Dean comes from Dolly Parton herself.

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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. He was 82. According to a statement provided to ...

Dolly Parton's husband of 60 years, Carl Dean, died on Monday, she announced on social media. He was 82. The couple was ...

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, passed away at the age of 82 in Nashville, Tennessee, after a nearly 60-year marriage, with a private ceremony to be held with immediate family.

WASHINGTON — Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton's publicist, Dean ...

FRANKLIN—According to the proposed Indiana House budget, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) will no longer receive ...

The program sends free books to children from birth to age 5. It is credited with helping Indiana's child literacy ranking ...

The Pulaski County Public Library Board of Trustees and Pulaski County Public Library Foundation Board are asking the community to contact their state elected officials and show their support for the ...

Advocates in New York, where Parton’s Imagination Library is available in 79 locations, want Gov. Hochul to take the program statewide.