MSNBC just reported that Johnny Cash has passed away, according to hospital officials in Nashville. Additional details are still to come.
He had just been released from the hospital on 9/9 and planned to go to L.A. next week to continue working on his next album, according to johnnycash.com.
RIP.
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EDIT: Here's the presser.
Country Music Legend Johnny Cash, Dies at the Age of 71 Friday September 12, 6:07 am ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Country music legend Johnny Cash died at Baptist Hospital at 2:00 A.M., CDT.
"Johnny died due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure," said Cash's manager, Lou Robin. "I hope that friends and fans of Johnny will pray for the Cash family to find comfort during this very difficult time."
The Cash family will announce funeral arrangements.
Source: Baptist Hospital
(edited by bitchfactor on 12.9.03 0316) The only thing I enjoy more than doing the crossword puzzle is actually finishing it.
I mean, I am sure we all expected this but it's still......I mean, I just spent an hour reading about Ritter.
Hopefully not too tasteless for the readers, but me, I hope JP2 makes it through the day because I don't think I could take even MORE eerie occurences compounding my 9/12.
AP:
Country singer Johnny Cash dies at 71 Associated Press
NEW YORK - Johnny Cash, a towering figure in American music spanning country, rock and folk and known worldwide as "The Man in Black," has died, according to hospital officials in Nashville, Tenn. He was 71.
"Johnny died due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure," said Cash's manager, Lou Robin, in a press release issued by Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
The release said Cash died at the hospital at 1 a.m. EDT. He was released from Baptist on Wednesday where he had spent two weeks being treated for an unspecified stomach ailment.
"I hope that friends and fans of Johnny will pray for the Cash family to find comfort during this very difficult time," Robin said.
WTF? Holy crap, I was just flipping through the channels an hour or two ago and saw Kurt Loder on MTV News saying he was fine, home, and "resting comfortably".
Jeez. The Man in Black, Jack Tripper, and Captain Murph. I think I'm going to call in sick to work tonight and stare at the wall for a few hours. ):
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This is sad so F'n sad. I respected these guys I love Three's company and Johnny Cash was just great and Capt Murf was funny as hell. Sad part is when Cash die I was playing a game and Nate was reading a mag, kinda of one of those where was you when Cash die. Sorry I know not makeing sence.
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I plan to crawl outside these walls Close my eyes and see Fall into the heart and arms Of those who wait for me
I cannot move a mountain now I can no longer run I cannot be who I was then In a way, I never was
"September When It Comes", a duet with daughter Rosanne on her current album "Rules of Travel" (which, as an aside, is one of the best releases of the year).
I guess in a sense we all knew this was coming. I don't think I ever believed it, though. Sure, Cash was sick, but he couldn't die. He was fuckin' Johnny Cash. He's not supposed to die. Strong is he with the force, but not that strong.
Not one of the best of all time - the best of all time. Wear black.
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Originally posted by wordlifeI hope the assholes who did the VMA voting now totally feel like shit....that was one helluva video, prolly the way he wanted to go out
I gotta run so I'll say my regards to Cash a little later, but I do know that he wanted to keep recording (he was making American V), and despite Hurt being sad, he was joking throughout the taping and said it wasn't his swansong or last message and that he had plenty more to come. So even though he didn't mean it to be his last, it sadly was.
Originally posted by Scott SummetsI gotta run so I'll say my regards to Cash a little later, but I do know that he wanted to keep recording (he was making American V), and despite Hurt being sad, he was joking throughout the taping and said it wasn't his swansong or last message and that he had plenty more to come. So even though he didn't mean it to be his last, it sadly was.
Cash has so many songs in the can that Rubin can make money off him for years to come...and almost certainly will. In fact, there's a box set coming out just in time for Christmas, isn't there?
It's funny how when something like this happens, it's as if you have lost a good friend even though you have never met.
But in the same token, I feel that the Johnny Cash that I know will continue to live on through his music. He was just that great that his music has withstood the test of time.
I'll continue to listen to the man in black, and if I ever have children, they too will learn the greatness of Johnny Cash's music.
My only regret listening to Johnny Cash is that I didn't start sooner.
Originally posted by Scooter TrashI'll continue to listen to the man in black, and if I ever have children, they too will learn the greatness of Johnny Cash's music
We took a weekend trip to Plymouth Rock with the three younguns last fall and there were just two artists that played in the CD player on the way down and back - Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. The kids absolutely loved the Cash stuff. They particurly liked Ring of Fire, Boy Named Sue and The Ballad of Ira Hayes. His music is really timeless.
The last few years I had firmly established my monday night ritual. Meet up with friends at a local bar and watch RAW and then walk down to an even seedier bar and proceed to drink heavily and listen to all the Johnny Cash albums on the jukebox. In recent times as I had grown less and less interested in watching RAW I kept going out more and more just to be with friends and listen to the man in black.
I have a feeling this Monday will be a special one for all of us there at the Nite-lite.
Raise some hell in heaven Johnny.
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Eerily enough, I bought a Johnny Cash album just last night. His death wasn't a surprise, but I always kinda figured that Cash would hang on until he was 80, just as a big fuck-you to death. RIP Man in Black.
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Oh man! Now I'm sad. He was the only guy I can think of that my grandparents, my parents, me, and even a couple of my younger siblings actually liked. Oh great, I know my mom is gonna cry when I break the news to her. I showed her the "Hurt" video just last week and she almost started crying and told me it wouldn't be long 'till he died. I hoped she was wrong, but I knew...
This is sad news, expected, but sad. He finally was able to fight off the personal problems he had with substance abuse, and was being respected in worlds other than country music. RIP Johnny Cash, I will miss you!
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