Global superstar Dolly Parton lost her husband of 60 years, Carl Dean, in March at the age of 82. She recently told Entertainment Tonight in a new interview that it's been hard to pick up the pieces, and it's hard to figure out how to live without him.
"I miss him, I'm having to really go through a lot trying to figure out how to be without him 'cause I was with him for so long," Parton admitted.
She added, "I'm doing as well as one can after 60 years being with and loving somebody. When Carl did pass away, I thought, 'I gotta do something, so I'm just gonna put that song out as a tribute to him.'"
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The song in question is "If You Hadn't Been There," which Parton released right after Dean died as a tribute to the love of her life. Some of the lyrics go, "If you hadn't been there/ Well, who would I be?/ You've always seen the best in me/ Your loving arms have cradled me/ You held me close, and I believe."
But Parton says there is a part of her that is happy for him that he's at peace because "he did suffer a lot through the last few years."
"He did suffer a lot through the last few years and there's a part of me that's happy that he's at peace and at rest, but then, of course, there's that part of me that will miss him forever and long for him every day for the rest of my life," said the singer.
She also wanted to acknowledge the outpouring of support she received upon Dean's passing, saying, "I couldn't believe the amount of support worldwide that people sent my way with the flowers and the cards and the calls and everything."
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Parton ended by saying, "It's always hard to lose someone you love, but you do the best you can, and the fact that I've got my work has been probably the best blessing, that I'm involved in so many things. At least keeps me occupied instead of me just folding in on myself."
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