Dolly Parton finally gets honest about Carl Dean's death

Dolly Parton has just tugged at heartstrings by getting honest about what was going on behind closed doors for her husband Carl Dean.

The country singer shared everything during her interview with The Independent.

In that conversation she got candid rather fast and admitted he’d been “I’ll for quite a while”, prior to his passing.

For those unversed, Carl Dean, Dolly’s famously private husband passed away at the age of 82 on March 3rd, 2025.

For his wife, “I really feel his presence. I just try to go on, because I know I have to,” she said.

“And he was ill for quite a while, and part of me was at peace that he was at peace and not suffering anymore. But that still doesn't make up for the loss and the loneliness of it.”

She didn’t end there however, and instead she hot a bit more personal and said, “I am a person of faith, and I truly believe that I'm going to see him again someday.”

Plus she said, “I see him every day in my memories and in my heart, and in all the things that we used to do and all the things that we've built together.”

So “you just kind of have to learn to kind of make new plans – but that's the hardest part,” she said in her concluding remark.