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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Charlotte McLaughlin

Dolly Parton dedicates song to husband of nearly six decades after his death

Dolly Parton has dedicated her new song If You Hadn’t Been There to her husband, Carl Dean, who has died aged 82.

The couple spent nearly six decades married, with businessman Dean largely remaining out of the spotlight as Parton became an two-time Oscar nominee and 10-time Grammy winner as well as one of the biggest-selling US musicians.

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