A tribute to music. Less than a week after the death of her husband Carl Dean at age 64, Dolly Parton released a new song, baptized If you hadn’t been There (If you hadn’t been there), To greet the memory of who had shared almost 60 years of common life.
“I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18. We spent 60 years precious and significant together,” said the artist in a publication published on Instagram on Friday, March 7.
“Like all the great love stories, they never end. They perpetuate in memories and songs. He will always be the star of the history of my life, and I dedicate this song,” he added.
58 years of marriage
Dolly Parton, 79, had met Carl Dean in 1964, in front of Wishy Washy Washy Washville lavandromatic, in the state of Tennessee, the day she had settled in the capital of country music. I was 18 years old. He, 21.
The couple had married two years later, in May 1966, during a ceremony in which only Carl Dean’s mother, the pastor and his wife had participated. Throughout his relationship, Carl Dean had always remained very discreet, avoiding the cameras.
Nashville’s native worked as a worker on Asphalte’s pavement, while his wife’s musical career is shooting, it is worth the title of “Queen of Country Music”. But after 58 years of marriage, Carl Dean died on March 4 at the age of 82.
Source: BFM TV
