The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Johnny Cash

Published: April 13, 2022, 5:47 p.m.

b'Johnny Cash, \\u201cThe Man in Black,\\u201d said he wore all black on behalf of the poor and hungry, the old who were neglected, \\u201cthe \\u201cprisoner who has long paid for his crime,\\u201d and those betrayed by drugs. As a man who had grown up dirt poor, struggled his whole life with addiction, was thrown in jail seven times, and found himself in the proverbial wilderness during a long stretch of his career, Cash had a real heart for these kinds of folks; he was a man who had lived numerous ups and downs himself.\\n\\nMarshall Terrill, co-author of Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon, will take us through these biographical peaks and valleys today.'