Dolly Parton is opening up about how she\u2019s coping with the loss of her husband, Carl Dean, after 60 years together. The legendary singer shared the heartbreaking news on March 4, confirming that Dean had passed away the day before.<\/p>\n
Despite her grief, Parton recently made a surprise appearance at the 40th opening ceremony of Dollywood, where she spoke to Knox News<\/em> about how she\u2019s holding up. \u201cI\u2019m doing better than I thought I would,\u201d<\/em> she admitted. \u201cI\u2019ve been with him 60 years. So, I\u2019m going to have to relearn some of the things that we\u2019ve done. But I\u2019ll keep him always close.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The 79-year-old explained that while she finds comfort in knowing that Dean is no longer suffering, she still deeply misses him. \u201cI\u2019m at peace that he\u2019s at peace, but that don\u2019t keep me from missing him and loving him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Parton also shared a touching and humorous anecdote about her late husband, revealing that despite being married to one of the most famous singers in the world, Dean always insisted on buying his own ticket whenever he visited Dollywood. \u201cHe used to come to the park; he bought his own ticket, stood in line, and got his ticket. He didn\u2019t want somebody giving him a ticket \u2018cause he was Dolly\u2019s husband. Everybody thinks that\u2019s the funniest thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The couple\u2019s love story began in 1964 when Parton was just 18 years old. Two years later, they secretly tied the knot, and their bond remained strong for six decades. Reflecting on his passing, Parton acknowledged the profound loss she feels. \u201cIt\u2019s a hole in my heart, you know, but we\u2019ll fill that up with good stuff and he\u2019ll still always be with me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dolly Parton is opening up about how she\u2019s coping with the loss of her husband, Carl Dean, after 60 years\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":64113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1260],"class_list":["post-64112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-dolly-parton"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}