Inside properties Dolly Parton left behind

Music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, days after revealing that she had been dealing with undisclosed health issues at home. Parton — whose husband, Carl Dean, died in March 2025 — passed away “peacefully” on Aug. 25 in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, where the couple lived for decades, having met there when the singer was just a teenager. The singer is understood to have been undergoing health treatments at her longtime home in Nashville, where she lived since the age of 18 — having moved to the city from a tiny town near the Great Smoky Mountains, Realtor reports. The Jolene singer and her husband maintained a very private life. While the country music sensation became a global phenomenon, her husband, a former asphalt paver, preferred to stay away from the spotlight, holding down the fort at home while she travelled the world. The couple met on the same day that the singer moved to Nashville, when they bumped into each other outside of the Wishy Washy Laundromat, according to the Associated Press. Two years later, the couple tied the knot in a heartfelt ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia, and opted to stay out of the spotlight. They lived the entirety of their ma...