Journalist Alanna Nash recounted her visit to Parton's Nashville home in 1977Dolly Parton may have been one of pop culture’s most famous faces, but details of her private life at home with husband Carl Dean have always been something of a mystery.

Only a few weeks after the death of her beloved husband of over 50 years, Dolly Parton stepped out at the opening celebration of her revered theme park, Dollywood, as she does every year, putting on a brave face in the wake of the turmoil and grief she's surely facing after Carl Dean's passing at

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.