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| | The Man in Black | csmonitor.com |
 | | That was country music, the sound of hicks and truckers, appreciated by people who talked with Suth'un accents and came from pockets of America that I'd never been to - and had no desire to visit. |
 | | Cash's life was like a classic "VH1: Behind the Music" segment: The son of sharecroppers teaches himself guitar, has some hits, discovers drugs, and is led back to the straight and narrow, and to God, by the woman who becomes his second wife. |
 | | As a musical hero to millions, a trailblazing artist, humanitarian, spiritual leader, social commentator and most importantly, patriarch to one of the most varied and colorful extended families imaginable, Johnny Cash will, like Will Rogers, stand forever as a symbol of intelligence, creativity, compassion, and common sense. |
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