Music world mourns loss of singer Johnny Cash

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: September 13, 2003| Author: John Gerome | Copyright information

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Cash, a towering musical figure whose rough, unsteady voice championed the downtrodden and reached across generations with songs like "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues," died Friday. He was 71.

Cash, known as "The Man in Black," died at 2 a.m. in Baptist Hospital of complications from diabetes that resulted in respiratory failure, said his manager, Lou Robin. The funeral service will be private, but a public memorial is being planned ...

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