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They confirmed her mother Vivian Liberto's paternal Sicilian ancestry, documented for 300 years in Cefalù, Sicily. Vivian’s grandfather Rosario Liberto arrived in New Orleans in 1895 and migrated to San Antonio, Texas. There he married an Italian woman from his hometown, and founded what became a chain of successful Italian grocery stores.
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May 18, 2021 · Rosanne Cash learned that her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had a Black great-great grandmother who was enslaved. Vivian was the first wife of singer Johnny Cash, who faced threats from the KKK for his interracial marriage.
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.
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Quick Facts. Also Known As: Vivian Dorraine Liberto, Vivian Distin. Died At Age: 71. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Dick Distin (m. 1968–2005), Johnny Cash (m. 1954–1968) father: Thomas Liberto. mother: Irene Robinson. Family Members American Women. Died on: May 24, 2005. place of death: Ventura, California, United States.
May 16, 2021 · Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto met during the summer of 1951 at a roller rink in San Antonio where Vivian had been raised in a strict Catholic family, the daughter of Thomas Liberto, owner...
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Apr 29, 2020 · Vivian’s Italian father was a strict disciplinarian who disapproved of her divorce, while the Catholic Church even excommunicated Vivian because of it, forbidding her from taking communion.
May 24, 2023 · Paul Zimmerman/WireImage. Roseanne Cash is remembering her mother. The Grammy-winning country singer and daughter of the late Johnny Cash — who celebrated her 68th birthday on Wednesday — opened up...
