How old was June Carter when she married Johnny Cash?
COUNTRY music stars June Carter and Johnny Cash were madly in love during their marriage.
Both had been married before, but they remained together until her death in May 2003, which was followed four months by Johnny's death.
How old was June Carter when she married Johnny Cash?
June Carter got to know her third husband Johnny Cash when her family's band, the Carter Family, performed with him for a number of years.
In 1968, he proposed to June during a live performance at the London Ice House in Ontario.
They married on March 1, 1968 in Franklin, Kentucky.
At the time of their wedding June was 39-years-old, and Johnny was 36.
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On May 15, 2003, June died of complications during a heart-valve replacement surgery, aged 73.
In a statement made after her death, Johnny said: “The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me and the love I have for her.
“We connect somewhere between here and Heaven."
Sadly, the singer passed away not long after his wife.
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Johnny died of complications from diabetes on September 12, 2003, four months after June.
He had been plagued with poor health and had undergone surgeries on his jaw, heart, and knees before the start of the 1990s.
Was June Carter married before meeting Johnny Cash?
June was married twice before Johnny, and had one child with each of her three husbands.
Her first husband was country singer Carl Smith.
The pair married on July 9, 1952, but divorced just four years later in 1956.
Together, they wrote the classic country song, Time's A-Wastin, and had a daughter, Rebecca Carlene Smith, professionally known as Carlene Carter, who is also a country musician.
June's second marriage was to Edwin "Rip" Nix, a former football player and police officer.
They married on November 11, 1957 and had a daughter, Rosie Nix Adams, on July 13, 1958 - the couple divorced in 1966.
Their daughter Rosie was a country and rock singer who sadly died on October 24, 2003 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning - this was just five months after her mom passed away.
Her dad Edwin died in 2014.
Who was Johnny Cash's first wife?
During his lifetime Johnny was married twice.
His first wife was late Italian-American homemaker and author Vivian Liberto, who was the inspiration for the popular song, I Walk The Line.
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The former couple married in 1954 but then divorced in 1966.
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