VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-27
“A lot of people have thought that through the years, because he does not want to be in the spotlight at all,”
Dolly Parton · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27
Parton weighed in during a 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight on longtime rumors that Dean did not exist.
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