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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.
Jul 15, 2022 · Between 1954 and 1966, Vivian Liberto was the first wife of country singer Johnny Cash — and the victim of widespread hatred over her racial identity. "Let me tell you, it is a degrading, horrible experience when you realize you're losing your husband to another woman."
Jun 9, 2023 · While discussing her early life, Cash recalled how her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had been the target of a racist hate campaign after a photo of her and her country star husband was published...
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.
Apr 7, 2021 · Vivian Liberto was Johnny Cash's first wife before he famously left her for June Carter. Here's everything to know about his first marriage.
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Apr 29, 2020 · Johnny Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto is the focus of the documentary 'My Darling Vivian.' Think of Johnny Cash and any number of images will spring to mind, not the least of which is his...
In My Darling Vivian, director Matt Riddlehoover traces the romantic, wrenching, and dizzying journey of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
Jun 18, 2020 · The singer-songwriter’s romance with June Carter is well-known, but this new documentary shines the spotlight on Cash’s first wife, Vivian Liberto.
May 28, 2005 · Vivian Liberto Distin, the first wife of Johnny Cash and the woman he pledged to remain faithful to in the song “I Walk the Line,” died Tuesday at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura.
Jul 24, 2020 · Liberto was a Catholic school girl who met handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at a roller-skating rink. When he was stationed in Germany, Riddlehoover said they wrote thousands of love letters over the course of three years that Liberto saved her entire life.
