One of the few journalists ever to meet Carl Dean, Alanna Nash, recalls what it was like encountering Dolly Parton's very reclusive husband at home.

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Parton and Dean's love ... stupid like, 'Well, what's it to you?' We start talking and, two years later, we married and we're still married, and that was that." A framed photo of Dolly Parton ...

A choir of around 50 Grand Ole Opry members filled the stage, along with some of the biggest names in country music, to sing Parton's renowned hit "I Will Always Love You." Hillary Scott, Charles ...

The private country music legend celebrated the life of her late husband Carl Dean during a sneak peek of Dollywood's 40th anniversary in Tennessee.