Sad, sad day. First thing I heard this morning when my radio alarm went off was this :( What a crappy way to start the day.

'Man in Black' Johnny Cash dead at 71
Singer a towering figure in music history
By Todd Leopold
CNN
Friday, September 12, 2003 Posted: 9:54 AM EDT (1354 GMT)

(CNN) -- He was a poor sharecropper's son from Kingsland, Arkansas, who sang to himself while picking cotton in the fields -- then later sang to millions through recordings, concerts and his late-'60s TV variety show.

He became a country music statesman who found a home with rap-rock producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings.

He was called the "Man in Black," who once sang "I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die," but opened his concerts with the friendly, modest greeting, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."

Johnny Cash -- legend, model, icon -- died Friday. He was 71.

yeah, my husband just told me :( it is a truly sad day, john ritter also passed away :(

I was driving in too work and heard this I also agree this is a very sad day.


Not to take away from johnny. But another so called famous guy died today. The funny man John Ritter. He was the gay guy on threes a company well he just played gay so he could live with two girls.

[ 09-12-2003, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: Mack_Attack ]

his name is John Ritter [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<FONT COLOR=ORANGE>Hoists one for the Man in Black. [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img]
Hoists another for one of the funniest men on TV. [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img]

his name is John Ritter [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]LOL I have this disease that takes the real name of the actor and replaces it with there name on the show. DUH!

his name is John Ritter [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]LOL I have this disease that takes the real name of the actor and replaces it with there name on the show. DUH! </font>[/QUOTE]lol, yeah, I do it too
but on a serious note, they were 2 of the greatest people in entrtainment, and will be sorely missed

A sad day indeed. I have a black flag on my car antenna right now.

Very sad news... And so shortly after his wife (who died on the 16th of May).

http://www.gothpunk.com/images/johnny-cash.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tehug...ohnnycash.jpeg

VH1 is showing the storytellers performance of Johnny Cash and Willy Nelson.
I'm sure they will rebroadcast it this weekend. A fine performance and I can imagine no better memorial than enjoying his music and his stories.

R.I.P.