Dolly Parton contacted fans, friends and family with what she called a “love note” on Thursday following the death of her husband Carl Dean earlier this week. Friday, she devoted a new song to her honor, saying he was “The Star” in her life story.
“I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18,” said Parton social networks. “We have spent 60 precious and significant years together. Like all the big love stories, they never end. They live in memory and singing. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him.
The song is “if you weren't there” and understands the lyrics “oh you are my rock / a soft place to land / my wings, my confidence / you understand / your will / beyond the comparison / no, I would not be here / if you had not been there.”
Her voice trembles with emotion as she sings the words, fueled by the six decades of relationship behind them. Comments on Instagram publication come from people around the world.
The new song follows the Parton Thursday to the supporters on social networks. “Thank you for all the messages, cards and flowers you have sent to pay tribute to the loss of my beloved husband Carl. I cannot reach my hand personally with each of you, but I just know that it told me the world, “she wrote.
Parton, 79, married Dean, who died Monday at 82On May 30, 1966, in Ringgold, Georgia, southeast of Chattanooga and near the state line of Tennessee-Georgia. The ceremony was tiny, according to her website, including the mother of Parton only, as well as the preacher and his wife. The groom and the groom had met two years earlier, at the age of 18 and he was 21 years old.
The cause of the death of Dean was not made public and his funeral will be deprived. On Monday, the Parton camp published a quick statement Online confirming his death in Nashville and including a few words from the singer.
“Carl and I have spent many wonderful years together,” she said in this first statement. “Words cannot do justice to the love that we have shared for more than 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and your sympathy.
Among those who respond with comments: Cracker Barrel restaurants and general dollars stores, keeping the atmosphere at home. And while celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and Khloe Kardashian, recorded their condolences, regular fans too.
“What a beautiful love story that comes to her worldly conclusion,” said a comment Published Thursday by a fan whose private Instagram account said that his name is Sarah Lewis. “A beautiful and understanding man offering such a foundation to a woman's flash.”
Parton, this lightning, put an end to her remarks in Thursday's note, saying of her husband: “He is in the arms of God now and I agree with that. I will Always Love You.”
