Vivian Cash
Vivian Liberto Cash Distin | |
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| Born | Vivian Dorraine Liberto April 23, 1935 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2005 (aged 70) Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | homemaker, author |
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Dick Distin
(m. 1968; "her death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2005) |
Vivian Liberto Cash Distin (April 23, 1935 – May 24, 2005) was an American homemaker, author, and the first wife of singer Johnny Cash.
Biography
Born and raised around San Antonio, Texas, Liberto met Cash at a roller-skating rink in 1951 when he was based at Brooks Air Force Base. [1] [2] The couple courted for three weeks before the Air Force deployed Cash to West Germany for a three-year tour. During the separation, the couple exchanged thousands of letters that would eventually form the basis for Liberto’s book I Walked the Line, which was published in 2007.[3] One month after Cash’s discharge from the Air Force, Liberto and Cash were married on August 7, 1954, at St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in San Antonio. The couple divorced in 1966 after twelve years of marriage. Together, Liberto and Cash had four daughters: Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, and Tara. [4] Liberto's story has become the basis of a 2020 documentary film, My Darling Vivian, which premiered as part of the South by Southwest 2020 Film Festival Collection, presented by Prime Video. [5]
References
- ^ Marini, Richard (May 31, 2015). "Johnny Cash's Alamo City Courtship". San Antonio Express News. p. D 7.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (2013). Johnny Cash: The Life (ebook ed.). Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-19475-4.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (August 30, 2007). "When Man in Black Was Just Johnny". The New York Times. p. D 7.
- ^ Johnson, Brett (August 30, 2007). "The Man in Black's first wife, Vivian Cash, tells of romance, heartbreak". VC Star. Camarillo, California. p. D 7.
- ^ Betts, Stephen (April 29, 2020). "Johnny Cash's First Wife Profiled in New Doc 'My Darling Vivian': What We Learned". Rolling Stone. New York City.
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