Was Johnny Cash's first wife a black woman?
Was Johnny Cash's first wife black? Vivian Liberto was biracial or multiracial including being mixed with black or she was very light skinned and black.
DNA test reveals Johnny Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, who believed she was of Sicilian, German and Irish heritage, was actually descended from a black slave.
Cash had four daughters with his first wife, Vivian Liberto. They met in 1951 when she was 17 and he was 19 and in Air Force basic training in San Antonio, Texas. Shortly after, he deployed to Germany; when he was discharged in 1954, the couple wed and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where his career quickly took off.
| Johnny Cash | |
|---|---|
| Spouses | Vivian Liberto ( m. 1954; div. 1966) June Carter ( m. 1968; died 2003) |
| Children | 5, including Rosanne, Cindy and John |
| Relatives | Tommy Cash (brother) Thomas Gabriel (grandson) |
| Military career | |
*Vivian Liberto Distin was born on this date in 1934. She was a Black homemaker and author. She was the first wife of singer Johnny Cash. Vivian Liberto was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and was the daughter of Irene (Robinson) and Thomas Peter Liberto.
After her divorce from Johnny, Vivian Liberto married a police officer named Dick Distin and lived in Ventura. She died in 2005 at age 71 from complications after surgery.
On October 24, 2003, Rosie, aged 45, died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. She and bluegrass musician Jimmy Campbell were on a school bus, which had been converted for travel.
Now, seven years after his death, his final album, American VI: Ain't No Grave, will be released on 26 February – which would have been his 78th birthday. But while his millions of fans may have believed Cash to be an all-American outlaw, the man himself was obsessed with his Scottish roots.
June had two children and Johnny had four before they got married, and they welcomed one son together named John. One of Johnny's daughters, Rosanne, told PEOPLE in 2019 that June was a great stepmother. “I had two really good examples from women in my life," she said.
Is Roseanne Cash black?
Along with studying documents, other researchers analyzed Roseanne Cash's DNA. They found she had 3.3% sub-Saharan African markers, and African ancestry on her father's side, as well as on her mother's. This was likely from the same period of slave society in the South.
Two years earlier, Johnny had written his hit "I Walk the Line" about Liberto's fears that he would stray on the road. (Liberto's suspicions later came to fruition when Johnny struck up an affair with fellow country star June Carter.)
John Carter Cash has had success as a film actor and producer, as well, and as an author – including three childrens' books, a novel, a cookbook of family recipes, a biography of his mother, and a memoir of his relationship with his father.
The couple married just a few weeks later in Franklin, Kentucky; June was 39 and Johnny was 36.
June Carter Cash was married thrice. First, to country singer Carl Smith and then to Edwin “Rip” Nix. However, her third and last marriage was to the legendary, Johnny Cash. According to CMT, the two musicians tied the knot on March 1, 1968.
Located a few miles northeast of Nashville, it is the burial site of Johnny Cash as well as several members of the singing Carter Family and other stars from the country music world.
John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970) is an American country singer-songwriter, musician and author. He is the only child of Johnny Cash and his second wife June Carter Cash. He is the grandson of Mother Maybelle Carter.
Who was Johnny Cash married to? Johnny Cash married his first wife, Vivian Liberto in 1954. They divorced in 1966, and Johnny Cash went on to marry June Carter in 1968. Johnny and June were together until June's death in 2003.
J. R. Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland (Cleveland County) to Ray and Carrie Cash. He had six siblings: Roy, Louise, Jack, Reba, Joanne, and Tommy.
According to Daily Mail, Vivian Liberto believed herself to be of Sicilian, German and Irish heritage, but was, in fact, descended in part from slaves. The test reportedly revealed that Liberto's great-great-grandmother was a Black slave, the outlet reports.
How long did Johnny Cash live after June died?
Johnny Cash also became step-father to Carlene and Rosie, June's daughters from her first two marriages. They stayed married for 35 years until June's death in May 2003. After June's death, Cash stated his belief that his only reason for living was his music, and he died only four months later.
All four daughters she had with Cash — Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara — graduated from St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura. Vivian died in May 2005 at age 71, shortly after finishing the manuscript on her days with Johnny.
Death. Cash died on September 12, 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications of diabetes. He was 71 years old. Cash was buried next to his wife, June Carter Cash, who had died 4 months earlier.
Thomas Gabriel was born in 1973 in Ventura, California, to Kathy Cash and Thomas Coggins. Kathy Cash is the second of four daughters Johnny Cash had with his first wife Vivian (Liberto) Cash. Kathy was 16 years old when Thomas was born.
