Parton and Dean "could just be in the house all day and say two or three words — didn’t matter," the country icon told Khloé Kardashian

Music icon Dolly Parton opened up this week about her struggles with songwriting following her husband’s death. The country singer’s husband, Carl Thomas Dean, died in March at the age of 82. Parton,

There won’t be new music coming from Dolly Parton in the near future, but listeners can still enjoy her art. During a recent conversation with Khloé Kardashian for her podcast “Khloé in Wonder Land ,” Parton reflected on her grief over her late husband, Carl Dean, who died in March at age 82.