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Vivian Distin (née Liberto, formerly Cash; April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was an American homemaker and author. She is notable as the first wife of singer Johnny Cash and mother of their four daughters.
May 18, 2021 · Rosanne Cash learned that her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had a Black great-great grandmother who was enslaved on PBS show Finding Your Roots. She shared her "heartbreak" and tears over the discovery of her family history.
Jul 15, 2022 · Vivian Liberto was Johnny Cash's first wife and had four children with him. She endured his infidelity, drug addiction, and racial hatred, and later wrote a memoir about their turbulent relationship.
- Natasha Ishak
May 16, 2021 · Cash denied his first wife, Vivian, was African American during a 1965 boycott by racists sparked by a photo of them together. The questions about Vivian's ancestry...
- Sydney Trent
Jun 9, 2023 · Roseanne Cash, the daughter of Johnny Cash, discovered that her mother, Vivian Liberto, had a Black great-great-grandmother who was freed from slavery by her white father. The show also revealed that Cash had a Black ancestor on her father's side and that she was DNA cousins with Angela Bassett.
- Chrissy Callahan
Apr 29, 2020 · Learn about the life and marriage of Johnny Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, who was eclipsed by his second wife June Carter Cash. The documentary features intimate letters, photos, and interviews with their daughters.
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Jun 18, 2020 · In the mythologized version of the Johnny Cash story, his wife and collaborator, June Carter, is portrayed as the saintly woman who rescued the country singer from the dark side of fame.
