He kept a low profile and attended just one music industry event during their nearly 60-year marriage, but Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, who died this week, was the inspiration behind one ...

The woman Dolly Parton brought to life in her song "Jolene" is perhaps one of country music's most famous fictional characters, with her "flaming locks of auburn hair," "Ivory skin" and "Eyes of ...

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. By Mike Ives In the ...