{"id":3062,"date":"2024-06-22T12:03:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:03:32","slug":"end-of-an-era-dolly-parton-retires-from-touring-to-spend-more-time-with-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=3062","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era: Dolly Parton Retires from Touring to Spend More Time with Her Husband!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">End of an Era: Dolly Parton Retires from Touring to Spend More Time with Her Husband!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"505\" data-id=\"3084\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/448940567_122120653088306254_97917538676180835_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/448940567_122120653088306254_97917538676180835_n-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/448940567_122120653088306254_97917538676180835_n-1-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolly Parton, the legendary country music icon, has announced her retirement from touring at the age of 76. In a recent interview with Pollystar, Dolly explained her decision, stating, \u201cThere may be times when I put on a show that is out of the ordinary, like gracing the stage at a lively festival or participating in events spread over a relaxing extended weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3085\" style=\"width:325px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolly now wants to focus on songwriting and spending quality time with her longtime companion, Carl Thomas Dean. The couple first met in 1964 in Nashville, and Carl recalls their initial encounter fondly: \u201cI had an intuition that this was the woman I was destined to wed.\u201d Although Dolly initially turned down his advances, she later invited him into her life, and they were married in a small ceremony in Georgia in 1966. In 2016, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, marking a remarkable milestone in their love story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/the-news-about-al-rokers-health-has-broken-our-souls\/\" title=\"\">also read<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolly\u2019s decision to retire from touring stems from a desire to be closer to home, as she no longer wishes to be away for extended periods. She wants to avoid disappointing her dedicated fans due to unforeseen domestic circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>End of an Era: Dolly Parton Retires from Touring to Spend More Time with Her Husband! Dolly Parton, the legendary country music icon, has announced her retirement&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions\/3086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}