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May 13, 1897Ray Cash is born in Rison, Arkansas. At age 34, he has a son, Johnny Cash, and eight years later, sires Tommy Cash. His granddaughter is Rosanne CashMar 13, 1904Carrie Rivers is born in Kingsland, Arkansas. She becomes the mother of Johnny Cash and Tommy Cash, and grandmother of Rosanne CashAug 18, 1920Ray Cash marries Carrie Rivers in Kingsland, Arkansas. The marriage produces two country singers: Johnny Cash and Tommy CashFeb 26, 1932J.R. Cash is born in Kingsland, Arkansas. As Johnny Cash, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, rising to prominence with rockabilly music at Sun Records and graduating to become an icon for country musicApr 5, 1940Tommy Cash is born in Dyess, Arkansas, the younger brother of country superstar Johnny Cash. Tommy registers three Top 10 singles in 1970, including "Six White Horses," a tribute to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther KingMay 12, 1944Johnny Cash's older brother, Jack, is sliced from his ribs all the way to his groin in a table saw accident. He dies one week laterMay 20, 1944One week after a mammoth table saw accident, Johnny Cash's older brother, Jack, dies in Dyess, Arkansas. The funeral comes one day later, and the next, the Cash family is back in the fields, picking cotton for 10 hoursMay 19, 1967Johnny Cash and his brother, Tommy Cash, get into a fistfight in front of their parents in the Nashville airport over Johnny's use of pills. Johnny draws blood when he lands a punch on Tommy's cheekSep 7, 1969Tommy Cash records "Six White Horses" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. The song laments three of the decade's assassinations: Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and Robert KennedySep 20, 1969Tommy Cash guests on his brother's ABC-TV program "The Johnny Cash Show." Also appearing: Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Staple Singers and Mama Cass Elliot, who duets with Cash on "Honey," "Gentle On My Mind," "Born To Lose" and "Release Me"
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