How Dolly Parton's marriage survived 53 years despite the rumors and heartache


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Of course, as the years went by, Parton’s success only grew and by the ’70s she was a household name and mega country star with hits like Jolene and I Will Always Love You hitting the tippity tops of the charts. Dean, on the other hand, was never one for the spotlight.

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Unlike his outgoing showbiz expert wife, Dean – who owns a local asphalt-paving company in Nashville, always preferred to stay out of the limelight. In fact, the first and only public event they ever attended together was allegedly in 1966 at a BMI dinner when the singer was honored with an award for writing the song Put It Off Until Tomorrow.

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