On March 3rd, Dolly Parton lost Carl Dean, her husband of 58 years. The singer is paying tribute to the love of her life with a song, If You Hadn’t Been There.
“I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old. We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together,” the singer wrote. “Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in memory and song. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him.”
A song that will leave you in tears because you can hear Dolly’s voice crack as she holds back her tears. You can hear how much she loved him with every word because it was written from the heart. And he had her heart for all of her adult life.
