On this day in history, Sept. 12, 2003, American music legend Johnny Cash dies
Johnny Cash, who rose from the Depression-Era cotton fields of rural Arkansas to leave a deep imprint on the American music scene, died on this day in history, Sept. 12, 2003. He was 71 years old. “Cash was an original: a rebellious, unrelentingly entertaining and imposing presence,” Rolling Stone wrote in a 2016 tribute to