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Dolly Parton Said Her Husband’s Death Has Had 1 Devastating Effect on Her Career

<p id=”par-1_62″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/dolly-parton/”>Dolly Parton’s</a> husband, Carl Dean, died in 2025 after nearly 60 years of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-relationships/?swcfpc=1″>marriage</a>. Parton has said that she is happy he is at peace after a long period of illness, but she has struggled with the loss. She released a song about him shortly after his death, but she said she is putting her songwriting on hold for the time being. </p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-said-she-has-put-her-writing-on-hold-after-her-husband-s-death”>Dolly Parton said she has put her writing on hold after her husband’s death</h2>

<p id=”par-2_21″>Parton said that she has started working on new <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/song-dolly-parton-based-husband-carl-dean.html/”>music about her husband</a>, but she has not been able to finish.</p>

<p id=”par-3_60″>“I will later, but I’m just coming up with such wonderful, beautiful, you know, ideas,” she told Khloé Kardashian on her podcast <em><a href=”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/khlo%C3%A9-in-wonder-land/id1785985876″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Khloé In Wonderland</a></em>. “But I think I won’t finish it. I can’t do it right now because I got so many other things and I can’t afford the luxury of, you know, of getting that emotional right now.”</p>

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<p id=”par-4_30″>She said that she is putting her songwriting on hold for the time being and focusing on other projects. She will perform a limited <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-said-biggest-deal-las-vegas-history-became-disaster.html/”>residency in Las Vegas</a>, for example.</p>

<p id=”par-5_53″>“My husband passed away three months ago,” Parton said. “When you ask me if there’s stuff that I’ve started, haven’t finished… there are times like that, things like that that would will stall you a little bit. But I’ll write something else though, if it comes. I’m just putting that all on hold.”</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-has-spoken-about-how-important-writing-is-to-her”>She has spoken about how important writing is to her</h2>

<p id=”par-6_18″>Parton’s step away from writing is significant, as she values <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-partons-quiet-writing-practice-helps-manifest-dreams.html/”>her creative process</a>. She typically writes every day.</p>

<p id=”par-7_64″>“Writing’s just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/arts/music-the-other-dolly-parton-the-songwriting-one.html” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The New York Times</a>. “I ain’t never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder. I write every day, even when I’m on a plane, in the tub, or on the bus. It burns in me. Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts.”</p>

<p id=”par-8_22″>She said that on her most <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-wrote-shocking-number-songs-prolific-day-writing.html/”>prolific day of writing</a>, she put 20 songs to paper and eventually recorded 15 of them.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-released-a-song-about-her-husband-after-his-death”>Dolly Parton released a song about her husband after his death</h2>

<p id=”par-9_39″>While Parton said she does not feel ready to write anything further about Dean, she put out one song about their relationship. Days after Dean’s death, she released “If You Hadn’t Been There” in memory of her late husband.</p>

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<p id=”par-10_60″>“I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,” Parton wrote in an Instagram post. “We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together. 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.”</p>

<p id=”par-11_42″>“I wouldn’t be here / If you hadn’t been there / Holding my hand / Showing you care / You made me dream / More than I dared / And I wouldn’t be here / If you hadn’t been there,” she sings.</p>

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