One of the few journalists ever to meet Carl Dean, Alanna Nash, recalls what it was like encountering Dolly Parton's very ...

Stewart and co really wanted the song to be sung by Mary J Blige, who again was much a bigger star than Rihanna back then. When “Umbrella” was on the table she was the most nominated artist at the ...

However, in 1977, country music journalist Alanna Nash was "flabbergasted" when she received a rare invitation to join Parton at the Nashville house she shared with Dean for an interview for the ...

Nash recounted the special visit in an essay for Variety, and reflected on her encounters with the “delightfully unusual” Dean, who popped in and out of the room as she interviewed Parton ...

It was then that journalist and author Alanna Nash received an incredibly rare invitation into the Deans’ home and got to witness the “delightfully unusual” Carl Dean up close. Technically ...

Dean, who died on March 3 at age 82 after nearly 60 years of marriage to the country superstar, fiercely guarded his privacy and shunned the spotlight — so much so that it was practically a shock when ...

Florence Antionette Fortson-Nash was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 7, 1954, to the late Jacob and Louise Fortson. Florence was raised in the Riverside Park Community and attended ...