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Blaze destroys Johnny Cash’s ‘fortress’
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When I heard about the fire....my first thought was sadness. But my feelings changed. Everyone says the same thing about Johnny and June Carter Cash. They were legends. And that is true. But one thing that you don't see very often, is that undying love...that power and passion that they had. That house was built on that love. When June died, a part of Johnny died with her. He visited her grave until he couldn't walk anymore. They are together now. That is how it is supposed to be. And the house was theirs....no one elses. As sad as it is that they are gone, may they rest in peace, they are in a better place.
All my love to Johnny and June, forever.
Lindsey, Telluride, Colorado
Johnny & June Cash loved one another, raised children, wrote music, and grew old together in thier home and that home is part of their Legend and should have been left that way. It will always be their place as it should be. Someone was looking down and made sure that is the way it will be.
The home was in perfectly fine condition at the time of their deaths and knowing all the history of the home....Why would anyone want to go in and change a thing ? Guess that won't happen now !
Barbara Callahan, Shreveport, Louisiana
Johnny Cash lived a "troubled life" there? Johnny Cash lived a famous life, no more troubled than any of the rest of us except for those looking to turn the private life public, the mundane into more myth.
And so it is.
G. Bunn, New Orleans, USA,
The Cash house was like a shrine to the couple. Mr. Gibb should never have tried to change what had been perfect for over 30 years. You don't fix what isn't broken, right?
Vanessa Stanton, Leamington, Ontario, Canda
I think it is the Cashs' way of saying no one other than them would live happily in that home so if it burned, then no ghosts will be hanging around to torment anyone who came to the house or lived there.
A proper memorial to Johnny and Joan Cash
Ann, Pembroke, Canada
Maybe Johnny and June just couldn`t bear one of the Gibb brothers living in their home.
Robert, Sussex, PA
Down Down Down like a ring of fire..........who said that ?
John Elliott, Long Beach, California
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Tony, Grapevine, Texas