Dolly Parton’s 'Stay Gone' Secret That Helped a 60-Year Marriage Last
Dolly Parton attributed the key to her six-decade marriage to Carl Dean to a two‑word quip from a 2018 interview: 'Stay gone!' The couple eloped in 1966 and remained together until Dean’s death in March 2025. Parton has long joked about Dean’s privacy and their private life, and she is to be laid to rest beside him in Nashville.