Parton and Dean "could just be in the house all day and say two or three words — didn’t matter," the country icon told Khloé Kardashian

John Behlmann, who just finished a starring role in the recently closed Broadway musical Smash, has been cast as Dolly Parton’s late husband Carl Dean in Dolly: A True Original Musical, the Parton-produced stage production making its world premiere in Nashville Friday July 18.

Country music superstar Dolly Parton recently appeared on Khloé Kardashian’s podcast Khloé in Wonderland to share some new details on her marriage to Carl Thomas Dean, who died this past March. From why they kept their relationship out of the spotlight,