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    Dolly Parton Pays Tribute to Her Late Husband Carl Dean With New Song

    March 7, 2025

    Dolly Parton sings through her grief of losing her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, in a new song called "If You Hadn't Been There." She posted the song with a throwback photo, writing, "Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in memory and song." The two met when Parton was just 18 years old at a laundromat when she moved to Nashville in 1964. He stayed mostly out of the public eye. Now, Parton is honoring their love story in song.

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