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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 (passed away Sep. 12th, 2003)
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Born: Feb. 26th, 1932
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Johnny Cash's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Johnny Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas. He made his first single, "Hey Porter", for Sun Records in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Columbia Records. He had long periods of drug abuse during the 1960s, but later that decade he successfully fought his addiction with the help of singer June Carter Cash, whom he married in 1968. In 1971 he appeared in the western A Gunfight (1971) with Kirk Douglas (I). Cash made a few films but quite a few appearances on television, both in series and made-for-TV films, and was especially effective as a rural Southern sheriff in the 1930s determined to bring to justice a wealthy landowner who committed murder because he believed he was above the law, in Murder in Coweta County (1983) (TV), a drama based on a true story. In 1975 Cash wrote his autobiography, "Man In Black", which is now out of print. In the late 1980s he moved from Columbia Records to Mercury, then in the next decade moved again to American Recordings.
Amonst his biggest hit records was "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue".
After several years of ill health, he died of complications from diabetes on 12 September 2003, only a few months after the death of his beloved wife.
TRIVIA:
- He had assumed in his younger days that he was mainly Irish and preferred to think he was at least partially Native-American. However, upon researching his ancestry, he found he was of completely Scottish heritage. As a matter of fact, he found records of direct ancestors in Scotland who shared the name "Cash" dating back to the 16th century.
- Brother-in-law of 'Ray Liberto' (qv).
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 73-76. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- He was friends with every U.S. President starting with 'Richard Nixon' (qv). He was least close with the last two, 'Bill Clinton (I)' (qv) and 'George W. Bush' (qv), because of a personal distrust for both men and because of his declining health. He was probably closest with 'Jimmy Carter (I)' (qv), who was actually a very close friend and distant relation of his wife, 'June Carter Cash' (qv). None of these friendships were about politics, as he never particularly supported any administration but was just friendly with the men.
- Proposed to wife 'June Carter Cash' (qv) over 30 times before she finally said "Yes".
- 2001: He was awarded the American National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts.
- He suffered from a fear of flying and snakes.
- When invited to perform at the White House for the first time in 1972, President 'Richard Nixon' (qv)'s office requested that he play "Okie from Muskogee" (a 'Merle Haggard' (qv) song that negatively portrays youthful drug users and war protesters) and "Welfare Cadillac" (a Guy Drake song that derides the integrity of welfare recipients). It was reported that Cash refused to play either song because he apparently found both songs morally reprehensible. However he refused to play either song because he did not have enough time to learn the songs with the band before the performance. He ended up playing a series of his own more left-leaning,politically-charged songs, including "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (about a brave Native- American World War II veteran who was racially mistreated upon his return to Arizona) and "Man in Black" (which contains angry, anti-war lyrics, which Cash almost certainly wrote about the Vietnam War).
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