Music · Film · 1932–2003
Born: 26 February 1932 · Died: 12 September 2003 · Age at death: 71
Johnny Cash died aged 71. He was born on 26 February 1932 and died on 12 September 2003.
American singer-songwriter known as the Man in Black, famous for Walk the Line, Ring of Fire and his prison concerts
Did you know?While serving in the US Air Force, he was the first American radio operator to intercept news of the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Johnny Cash was the Man in Black. He grew up on a cotton farm in Arkansas during the Depression. He recorded for Sun Records in Memphis alongside Elvis Presley. I Walk the Line made him a star. His concerts at Folsom and San Quentin prisons became legendary albums. He married June Carter, his musical partner. Late in life his American Recordings with Rick Rubin won new fans.
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.
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American singer-songwriter, 1932–2003
Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas, on 26 February 1932.
He recorded for Sun Records.
He recorded At Folsom Prison in 1968.
He married June Carter in 1968.
Career highlights
Did you know?He wore black, he said, for the poor and the beaten down.
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