{"id":474623,"date":"2025-03-09T01:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=474623"},"modified":"2025-03-09T01:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:07:38","slug":"dolly-parton-releases-new-song-honouring-late-husband-carl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/dolly-parton-releases-new-song-honouring-late-husband-carl\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton releases new song honouring late husband Carl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dolly Parton offered an emotional tribute to her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, who died earlier this week. The legendary country artist released a new song titled, If You Hadn\u2019t Been There, in an Instagram post on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,\u201d Parton wrote. \u201cWe have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together. Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in memory and song. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pair were together for six decades before he died on Monday aged 82. Her voice trembles as she sings the new song, \u201cIf you hadn\u2019t been there \/ Where would I be? \/ Without your trust, love, and belief\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou made me dream \/ More than I dared,\u201d she continues. \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t be here \/ If you hadn\u2019t been there.\u201d The cover of the track includes an old photo showing Parton with her arms wrapped around Dean. Parton, 79, expressed her gratitude for fans\u2019 support after her husband\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton offered an emotional tribute to her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, who died earlier this week. The legendary country artist released a new song titled, If You Hadn\u2019t Been There, in an Instagram post on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}