“I would love to grow old with [Carl]. If he should die first, I may never marry again,” Dolly Parton said in 1981.
Decades after she made the solemn statement, her words now take on a deeper meaning as the music icon mourns the death of husband Carl Thomas Dean.
Dolly announced her longtime husband’s death at the age of 82 on March 3. Following his passing, she also posted a message about their “many wonderful years.”
