The origin story for ‘Jolene’? Dolly Parton’s husband and another woman’s ‘terrible crush’ One of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits ...

Dolly Parton and her late husband Carl Dean had a simple reason for not bringing children into their nearly 60-year marriage.

She wrote the hit 1973 song after a bank teller caught the eye of Dean, who died on Monday. She attributed its success to its simplicity and the universal emotions it evokes.

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My wife, Carola Dibbell, reviewed it for The Village Voice, providing a firsthand historical account of how Johansen ...

Despite keeping their relationship out of the limelight, the couple had been together for 60 years before his death.