Sixty-two years ago today, Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a tragic plane crash while returning to Nashville.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton’s publicist, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending.

Dolly Parton's longtime husband Carl Dean has died at the age of 82. A spokesperson for Parton told the AP that Dean had passed away on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, without specifying a cause of death.