Carl and I spent many wonderful years together, the singerwrotein an Instagram post today.

Words cant do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years.

Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dead at 82

Dolly Parton shared that her husband Carl Dean has died at the age of 82.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Hes a good guy.

Hes quiet, and Im loud, and were funny.

Oh, hes hilarious.

Anytime things get too much tension going on, either one of us find a joke about it.

And he never did.

She added, Hes just special to me, and I just love him like he is.