Dolly Parton made her first public appearance since confirming husband Carl Dean’s death earlier this month while celebrating the 40th season of her Dollywood theme park.

Dolly Parton announced that she was retiring from touring to spend more time at home with her husband, Carl Dean. “They were in love until the very end,” says a friend of the couple. “They gave each other exactly what the other needed.

After meeting outside a Nashville laundromat when she was 18 years old, Dolly Parton and her loving husband Carl Dean would spend the next six decades together. While the country icon rose to fame with hit songs like “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You,