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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.

3. Johnny Died a Few Months Later

Cash’s original grave (top) and the Cash/Carter memorial. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

Johnny had suffered from poor health for the past few years, probably exacerbated by his lifelong addictions to drugs and alcohol. Complications from diabetes ultimately took his life. Those closest to him suspect that his broken heart over the loss of June played a part in his demise.