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Last weekend I saw a wonderful musical about Johnny Cash's life: Ring of Fire. The show is put together by a cast of eight actors illustrating different aspects of JC's multi-faced personality, as it ...

Q: The song “Hurt” was one of Johnny Cash’s last songs. What is the story behind this song? Was this song a memory to his past?

Singer Johnny Cash heroically spoke out for Native Americans, the poor, and the incarcerated—but his personal life was like a black hole filled with scandal. Pulitzer board responds to Trump's lawsuit ...