Dolly Parton丈夫Carl Dean遗产改由侄女处理：遗嘱原指定Parton任执行人
据《今日美国》（USA TODAY）10 月 20 日报道，乡村音乐传奇 Dolly Parton 的亡夫 Carl Dean 的遗产处置有了新进展：Dean 的侄女 Dea Chaffin Cunningham Williams 已于 10 月初被指定为其遗产的申请人（petitioner），接手处理遗产事务。这一安排见于 Williamson County 法院记录，最先由 TMZ 报道。
根据法院文件，Dean 的遗嘱原本指定 Parton 本人担任遗产执行人，Williams 列为后备人选。Dean 于 2025 年 3 月去世，享年 82 岁；Parton 在完成丈夫遗产的处置之前，于今年 8 月 25 日去世，享年 80 岁，其家人当时宣布了她的死讯。据一份 7 月提交的状况报告，Dean 的部分资产在 Parton 去世前已经完成分配。
Dean 2013 年立下的遗嘱写明：若 Parton 未能存续或放弃某些财产，相关财产将在 Dean 的五名侄辈与 Parton 的十四名侄辈之间分配，遗产余额则归入 Carl Thomas Dean Trust 信托。Parton 与 Dean 结婚近六十年，两人没有子女。
Parton 的妹妹 Stella Parton 在 9 月 10 日播出的 CBS《CBS Mornings》访谈中形容姐姐与姐夫的婚姻「非常独特、深厚而忠诚」，并表示姐姐直到最后一次交谈时仍在工作，「那是她的热爱所在」。
Carl Dean's Estate Now Handled by His Niece: Dolly Parton Had Been Named Executor in His Will
The estate of Carl Dean, the late husband of country music legend Dolly Parton, is now being handled by Dean's niece, Dea Chaffin Cunningham Williams, who was named petitioner of the estate in early October, according to Williamson County court records obtained by USA TODAY and first reported by TMZ on October 20.
Under Dean's will, Parton herself was named executor, with Williams designated as backup. Dean died in March 2025 at 82. Parton had not completed administering his estate before her own death on August 25 of this year, at age 80, which her family announced at the time. According to a July status report, some of Dean's assets had already been distributed prior to Parton's death.
Dean's 2013 will provides that if Parton did not survive him or declined certain property, that property would be divided between five of Dean's nieces and nephews and 14 of Parton's nieces and nephews, with the remainder of the estate directed to the Carl Thomas Dean Trust. Parton and Dean were married for nearly 60 years and had no children.
In a CBS Mornings interview aired September 10, Parton's sister Stella Parton described the couple's marriage as "very unique and very deep and loyal," adding that her sister was still working at their last conversation: "That was her passion."
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