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Friday, September 12, 2003

Country music legend Johnny Cash died this morning due to complications from diabetes. He was 71.

Cash died at a hospital in Nashville. He suffered respiratory failure related to the disease.

Cash, known as the "Man in Black" for the name of one of his hits and style of clothing, won 11 Grammys. He recorded an album, "Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian," about historical mistreatment of Native Americans. It included songs about treaties, the Battle of Little Bighorn and Ira Hayes, the Pima soldier captured in the famous photo showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II.

Get the Story:
Country Singer Johnny Cash Dies at 71 (The Washington Post 9/12)
Johnny Cash, Country Music's Bare-Bones Realist, Dies at 71 (The New York Times 9/12)
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