Carl Dean, Dolly Parton‘s husband for more than half a century, is dead … according to the icon herself.

Dolly announced Carl’s passing Monday evening, saying her beloved will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with their immediate family.

While she did not mention a cause of death, Carl had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2019.

The couple would’ve celebrated their 59th anniversary this year on May 30.

Carl is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie, and of course, Dolly … who thanked her fans for their prayers and sympathy.

Carl was 82.

Jay-Z claims the Jane Doe who accused him of rape in an explosive lawsuit knew full well no such thing ever happened … and now he’s dragging her to court over it.

The music and fashion mogul just filed a lawsuit against his anonymous rape accuser and her attorney, Tony Buzbee.

In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Jay claims his accuser kept pushing her false rape story in the media and in the courts despite allegedly admitting the assault story wasn’t true.

As we reported … the woman dismissed her lawsuit last month with prejudice, meaning it can’t be filed again.

Jay says she ultimately admitted to his legal team that she was lying the whole time … and he claims Buzbee is still trying to extort him with false claims that Jay-Z’s people have been harassing Jane Doe since she dropped the lawsuit.

HOV is going after his accuser and her attorney for damages. The suit’s been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, and Jay is asking for the court to allow him to sue her as a Jane Doe because he believes she has “history of mental illness and medical vulnerabilities, including instances of self-harm.”

Tony Buzbee tells TMZ … “This new case alleges the same claims as the other one they pieced together and filed in Los Angeles. Like the one in L.A., this new case in Alabama also has no legal merit. Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor woman for weeks trying to intimidate her and make her recant her story. She hasn’t, and won’t. Instead she has stated repeatedly she stands by her claims.

Armie Hammer says he wanted to try the Grindr lifestyle, so he decided to hook up with a dude … but when he couldn’t get an erection, he bailed on his gay experiment.

The “Social Network” actor was discussing bisexuality on his ‘Armie HammerTime Podcast,’ when he recalled the time he tried hooking up with a French hunk … only for him to run into one huge problem facing lots of guys — a limp noodle.

Armie says he had decided to try something new after coming to the conclusion that “women are the worst” and “gay dudes seem to have it so easy.”

He says Grindr makes it super easy to get blowjobs in restaurants and he wanted a taste … so he found a handsome French man and tried to live out the gay dating-app fantasy.

What awaited Armie wasn’t a raunchy hookup story … but a rude awakening.

Armie says he had trouble with the guy’s beard, shoulders and height … and nothing so much as twitched below the belt.

As Armie tells it, things were getting hotter and heavier until reality set in … he says the Frenchman reached for his hammer but he stopped the guy in his tracks — “You’re not gonna touch my flaccid penis.”

Armie says the Frenchman tried to continue, but he’d had enough of going through the motions and put his foot down … and that was the end of his bi-curiosity.

Guess you don’t know until you’ve tried it, right Armie?!?