"She’s the most charismatic human being alive," said Merle Haggard of Dolly Parton. "She’s Marilyn Monroe with a guitar. She’d make Marilyn Monroe take the dirt road." ...
Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There ...
Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean was last seen in photos during a rare outing in December 2019. The singer's husband died five years later, on March 3, 2025, according to Parton's Instagram Stories.
Parton and her husband, Carl Dean, were together for over 60 years.