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Rokenn · 09-12-2003, 10:53 AM

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.

09-12-2003, 10:53 AM	#1
Rokenn Galvatron Join Date: January 22, 2002 Location: california wine country Age: 60 Posts: 2,193	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. __________________ “This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have mores. <br />Some people call you the elite. <br />I call you my base.”<br />~ George W. Bush (2000)