Her dreams now probably look a bit different without Carl, but they had a once-in-a-lifetime love, and the famous story goes ...

Legendary singer Dolly Parton is always reinventing herself – as an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, an author, a playwright… ...

On a recent appearance on TODAY, Dolly Parton shared a famous phrase her mother taught her when she was young.

Parton couldn't read or write yet, so her mother wrote down her lyrics as she sang them into a tin can microphone on their porch.

Starting an entirely new chapter without the love of her life. Dolly Parton’s husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean, passed ...

It’s where she recharged, welcomed loved ones like her late mother, Avie Lee, and spent quiet days with Dean. The cabin was so low-profile that nobody even knew it was Parton’s until after she ...

and tying the knot May 30, 1966, with only mother-of-the-bride Avie Lee Parton by their side (and serving as their wedding photographer). They kept it so quiet, Foster didn't even know they were ...

It was a small affair. The only people in attendance were Parton’s mother, Avie Lee Parton, and the preacher and his wife. Parton expressed her love for Dean in the song “From Here to the Moon ...

According to Parton's website, the only people to attend the small service were Dolly's mother, Avie Lee Parton, a preacher and his wife. The couple met two years earlier when Parton was 18 and ...