Reveries for the laziest day of the week
9 March 2025
At the age of just 20, giant country star DOLLY PARTON married her boyfriend Carl Dean.
Although Parton does not use Dean‘s surname professionally, she has stated that her passport reads Dolly Parton Dean, and she sometimes uses Dean when signing contracts
Dean, who ran an asphalt road and driveway-paving business in Nashville for
decades, shunned publicity. He rarely accompanied his wife to public events.
In 2016 Dolly announced that she and Dean would renew their vows in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. Last week she announced on her social media that Dean had died in Nashville at the age of 82, and wrote this affecting, lovey-dovey ode IF YOU HADN’T BEEN THERE for him. Endearing.
“I wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t been there/ Holding my hand, showing you care.”
(Image on top: cover of her ‘Very Best’ album)