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The Man In Black, Johnny Cash, Uncovered in these Little Known Facts

Trista December 27, 2018 12 min

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down — A photograph of Johnny Cash with a cigarette. Blogspot.

6. Johnny Cash Had a Neurodegenerative Disease

A mugshot picture of Johnny Cash in Folsom Prison. Fine Art America.

In 1997, doctors misdiagnosed Cash with Parkinson’s. The diagnosis was changed to a form of multiple-system atrophy called Shy-Drager syndrome, and he was given 18 months to live. The diagnosis was changed again to autonomic neuropathy, a degenerative illness associated with his diabetes. After he collapsed on stage during a concert, he had to stop touring so much.

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6. Johnny Cash Had a Neurodegenerative Disease

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