Dolly Parton has explained that her 1973 hit "Jolene" was inspired by her husband Carl Thomas Dean, who has died at age 82.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...

Here's how Dolly Parton's relationship with Carl Dean in their early years of marriage played a role in the creation of one ...

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.

I picked my husband, who I love, and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll write some beautiful song about him,'" said Parton of this 2012 song.

Carl Dean, who died this week, was the inspiration behind one of her greatest hits, “Jolene.” Dean, who was 82, died in Nashville and will be laid to rest in a private ceremony, according to a ...

Their relationship inspired several of Parton's songs, most notably "Jolene," which she wrote after a flirtatious bank teller developed a crush on Dean. The couple's privacy was so fiercely guarded ...

Dolly Parton's famed ballad, "Jolene," was "loosely based on a little bit of truth" by a woman who had a crush on the ...