Summary
- Dolly Parton will be laid to rest alongside her husband of 58 years, Carl Thomas Dean, at Nashville’s Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum.
- The couple married on May 30, 1966, following two years of dating, and remained together until Dean’s death in March 2025 at age 82.
- Now, nearly six decades after they first began their life together, the couple will be reunited at the same resting place following Parton’s death on Tuesday, August 25, at age 80.
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Dolly Parton will be laid to rest alongside her husband of 58 years, Carl Thomas Dean, at Nashville’s Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum.
The couple married on May 30, 1966, following two years of dating, and remained together until Dean’s death in March 2025 at age 82. He was buried at a site within the same mausoleum, marked by a plaque bearing both their names.
Now, nearly six decades after they first began their life together, the couple will be reunited at the same resting place following Parton’s death on Tuesday, August 25, at age 80.
According to a statement from her representatives, Parton died following a brief battle with cancer. The specific type of cancer has not been disclosed publicly.
Her representatives confirmed that, in keeping with her wishes, her immediate family will hold a small, private service. The family has also requested that well-wishers make donations to Parton’s Imagination Library in lieu of sending flowers, honouring the literacy organisation she founded to provide free books to children around the world.
With her passing, Parton leaves behind a legacy shaped as much by her decades-long marriage as by her music career. Her reunion with Dean at Woodlawn Memorial Park marks a quiet, personal close to a partnership that spanned nearly 60 years, largely outside the public eye despite her global fame.
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