Dolly Parton is opening up about the death of her husband, Carl Dean, earlier this month. In an interview with Knox News published Monday, March 17 — just two weeks after Dean’s death — Parton, 79, revealed that her husband “suffered a great deal” before he passed away. “I'm doing better than I thought I

Dolly Parton is opening up more about what was going on with her notoriously private husband Carl Dean ahead of his death earlier this month, admitting that he "suffered a great deal" before his death as her fellow stars have paid tribute to him.