Dolly Parton announced that she’s taking a break from music following her husband Carl Dean’s death at 82. Screengrab from @dollyparton's Instagram. Dolly Parton has plenty of ideas for new music, but those ideas will have to wait.

Dolly Parton shared that she’s taking a break from music following the death of her longtime husband, Carl Dean, in March. “I can’t do it,” the country icon told Khloé Kardashian on Wednesday’s episode of the “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast.

Dolly Parton isn't working on new music as she grieves the death of her husband, Carl Dean. The legendary singer, 79, addressed her break from songwriting on the Wednesday, July 9, episode of Khloé Kardashian's Khloé in Wonder Land podcast.