“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82,” her statement read. “He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. He is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie.”

Dolly Parton has opened up about the death of her husband of more than 60 years, Carl Dean. "I'm doing better than I thought I would,” Parton, 79, said in an interview with Knox News. But she said his death was "a hole in my heart,