Dolly Parton’s late husband, Carl Dean, was not the “greatest fan” of his music

Dolly Parton And Carl Dean had one of the most durable marriages in the entertainment industry, but very little is known about the late husband of the legend of country music.

Despite being married to the international fame singer for almost 60 years, Dean, who died on March 3 at the age of 82, was a very private man who moved away from the center of attention and was rarely seen in public.

Few of Parton’s friends met Dean, and avoided accompanying his wife to public events, which led persistent rumors that he didn’t really exist.

However, in 1977, the journalist of country music Alanna Nash was “stamped” when she received a rare invitation to join Parton in Nashville’s house she shared with Dean for an interview for the May 1977 edition of the Country Music magazine.

Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, dead at age 82

In a new one Test for varietyNash detailed his two -day visit, offering a look at the couple’s home life and remembering their meetings with the dean “deliciously unusual.”

Nash wrote that the interview took place in the living room of the Tudor -style house where Parton and Dean lived temporarily. The journalist described the room decorated with Victorian furniture, own oil paintings and Dean as children and “butterflies everywhere”, many of whom noticed that they were fans memories.

Before the interview began, Parton asked Nash if he wanted to listen to the “Jolene” Singer “New Harvest … First Gathering” album, which had not yet been released at that time. After touching the first side of the record, Parton asked if Nash wanted to hear the second side. After Nash agreed, Parton said: “Well, before that,” he said, “Carl is here, he is working outside, and I want him to between and fix the fire. But he does not want to hear my history, so we will have to wait.”

Nash recalled that Dean was initially reluctant to join both of them, writing that he heard him tell Parton “I don’t want to do interviews.” After being reassured by Parton, Dean entered the living room and Nash saw for the first time the elusive spouse of the singer. Nash described him as “shy and uncomfortable in the presence of a stranger.”

“He loves me well and everything, but I’m not really his favorite singer.”

– Dolly Parton

However, he pointed out that Dean was “kind and educated” when he was presented. While Dean attended to the fire, Nash observed that he was “robustly handsome” and “looked at his wife as if she were the only woman in the world.”

As his interview continued, Parton invited Nash to stay for dinner and try some of his world -famous spaghetti, “saying that he would tell Dean that Nash was a” friend. ” Nash said the invitation was a rarity since the couple “rarely socialized and never entertained.”

In Nash’s essay, he recalled that Dean excused himself from joining them for dinner since he had a cold. However, he continued to return to the living room from time to time to fix the fire while Parton and Nash talked late at night.

Nash recalled that he was worried about being entrusting in the couple’s private time, but the feeling began to dissipate as the night progressed.

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“If I felt that I was moving, the feeling vanished when Carl reappeared several times, usually to bring Dolly and me something to drink while recording late at night.

She continued: “With every successive visit, he was more comfortable, more pleasant and charming. At one time, he asked me if I had gone to school for journalism. I told him that I had, in New York City. Then, in an impossible way, he began to ask me about New York politicians. I wasn’t sure I was just doing a conversation, trying or pulling my leg, what I had heard.”

After Dean’s final visit, Parton began playing the second side of “New Harvest … First meeting” and explained why she waited until her husband was out of view.

“He simply does not want to listen to the record, because we are both very excited,” he told Nash. “He will wear it and listen to him at some point when he is alone, and if he likes it, he will tell me that it is quite good. I bought a video tape recorder and tape every time I am on television, but he will not see it unless I hear well.”

“You know, he loves me well and everything, but I’m not his favorite singer,” Nash recalled, he remembered Parton saying with “a smile and laugh of a girl.”

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“We have a great relationship and he is a wonderful person, but he is not my greatest admirer,” added Parton. “He likes Bluegrass and Hard Rock music. “

Parton also approached the speculation that Dean did not exist, and she had succeeded to move away the fans.

“I know it’s a great rumor,” he told Nash. “He is a true mysterious person for the public. However, that is good.”

“I mean, that’s fine for us, well with him,” said Parton. “My career being separated from my marriage is perfectly natural for us. We like it. It is too correct, too natural, too comfortable and too safe to make something else.”

Parton met Dean With a laundry in Nashville when he was 18 and he was 21 years old. Two years later, the couple married in 1966 during a ceremony that only their mother, Avie Lee, the preacher and the preacher’s wife attended.

During his life, Dean rarely gave interviews. However, in 2016, he spoke with love with Parton while the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

“My first thought was: ‘I’m going to marry that girl,'” said Dean Entertainment Tonight About meeting Parton for the first time. “My second thought was: ‘Lord, she is attractive.’ And that was the day my life began.

Over the years, Parton provided glimpse their lives During the interviews and occasionally he has shared photos of herself with Dean on social networks. In 2021, she shared a complement to both of them, writing: “Cake a partner who will support you as Carl Dean does!”

On Valentine’s Day in 2022, the 10 -time Grammy Prize winner marked the occasion by publishing an image of herself with her love for a long time. She subtitled the photo, “Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Parton announced Dean’s death in a sincere statement he shared on Instagram on March 3.

“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” Singer of “9 to 5” wrote. “Words cannot do justice to the love we share for more than 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”

On Thursday, Parton expressed his gratitude for the love and support he had received after Dean’s death.

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“This is a love note for family, friends and fans,” Parton shared on Instagram. “Thank you for all the messages, cards and flowers that you have sent to present your respect for the loss of my beloved husband Carl.”

“I can’t personally communicate with each of you, but I only know what the world has meant for me,” he added. “He is in the arms of God now and I agree with that. I will always love you.”