Johnny Cash’s former Home … A Burning Ring of Fire

The former home of the legendary, country great and dearly departed Johnny Cash was completely destroyed by fire. The Hendersonville, TN home which was recently bought by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gee’s fame was completely destroyed. What a tragic loss of one of country musics biggest icons. It was truly a historic address where so many events took place in the long history of country music.

“So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house — everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house,” said singer Marty Stuart, who lives next door and was married to Cash’s daughter, Cindy, in the 1980s. (WFAA)

The Tennessee home of late US music icon Johnny Cash burnt down today amid renovations for its new owner, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, a local newspaper reported. Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived together in the lakeside house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, about 30km north of Nashville, from 1968 until they died within months of each other in 2003. (The Age)

Fire Destroys Longtime Johnny Cash Home

Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the 13,880-square-foot home from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003.  “So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house _ everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house,” said singer Marty Stuart, who lives next door and was married to Cash’s daughter, Cindy, in the 1980s. (The Washington Post)

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