Dolly Parton posts emotional message after death of her husband: 'I will always love you'

• Dolly Parton announces death of her husband, Carl Dean

  Country music star Dolly Parton announced on Instagram that her beloved husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, has died at age 82. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Joe Fryer looks back at their love story.
  
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  Dolly Parton says 'words can't do justice to the love' after husband dies

  Dolly Parton announced in a heartbreaking note on social media that Carl Dean, her husband of nearly 60 years, has died.
  
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• How Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ Was Inspired by Her Husband Carl Dean

  She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.
  
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• Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died at age 82. Here's a look back at their love story

  Dolly Parton announced on social media that her husband, Carl Dean, died Monday at age 82. While Parton kept most of her relationship with Dean private, here's what to know about their love story ...
  
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• Dolly Parton says Carl Dean, her husband of 60 years, has died

  Carl Dean, the husband of Dolly Parton, died Monday in Nashville, the singer said in a statement.
  
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  Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 6 decades dies

  Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Thomas Dean, whom she was married to for nearly 60 years, has died, she said.
  
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  Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, dies at 82

  Singer, who met Dean when she was 18, says ‘words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years’. Carl Dean, devoted husband of Dolly Parton and also the inspiration behind Parton’s ...
  
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  Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, dies aged 82

  The "9-5" singer met Dean outside a laundromat on the first day she arrived in Nashville as an 18-year-old aspiring singer.
  
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• Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, dies at 82

  Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, has died. He was 82.
  
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